H8439: תּוֹלָע
Tôwlâʻ · pronounced to-law' · “Tola”
Definition
Tola, the name of two Israelites
KJV translates it as: Tola.
Word origin: the same as H8438 (תּוֹלָע); worm;
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8439 is translated
- tola ×6
Bible verses with H8439 (Tôwlâʻ)
Tôwlâʻ appears in 5 verses.
- 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:
- Judges 10:1
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
- 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.