Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8439
תּוֹלָע
to.la · “Tola”
Used 6 times across 4 books
Definition
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
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
Where it appears
Genesis1
Numbers1
Judges1
1 Chronicles3
In the text
Genesis 46:13And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.Numbers 26:23Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:Judges 10:1And 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 7:1Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.1 Chronicles 7:2And 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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