People of the Bible · Tribe of Issachar

Tola, son of Issachar

The name Tola means “worm; grub; scarlet.” Tola is mentioned in 4 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 46:13.

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Who was Tola?

Eldest son of Issachar (Gen. 46:13).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Tola

  • Genesis 46:13

    And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

  • Numbers 26:23

    Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:

  • 1 Chronicles 7:1

    Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:2

    And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

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