Tola תּוֹלָע

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Tola
תּוֹלָע
Transliterationtola
Strong's numberH8439 (H8439G, H8439H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossTola
Occurrences6 in 5 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (2)

Tola (Hebrew תּוֹלָע, Strong's H8439) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Tola”. It occurs 6 times.

Definition

H8439G: Tola

A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.13;
son of: Issachar (H3485);
brother of: Puah (H6312), Jashub (H3437H) and Shimron (H8110B);
father of: Uzzi (H5813H), Rephaiah (H7509I), Jeriel (H3400), Jahmai (H3181), Ibsam (H3005) and Shemuel (H8050I)
Also named: to.la.i (תּוֹלָעִי "Tolaite" H8440)
§ Tola = "worm"
1) the 1st born of Issachar and progenitor of the family of Tolaites
2) a man of Issachar, son of Puah and judge of Israel after Abimelech

H8439H: Tola

A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jdg.10.1;
son of: Puah (H6312H)
§ Tola = "worm"
1) the 1st born of Issachar and progenitor of the family of Tolaites
2) a man of Issachar, son of Puah and judge of Israel after Abimelech

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVtola (6)
BSBtola (5), descendants of tola (1)

Verses

Every verse with Tola, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Numbers

Judges

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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