Strong H8439H8439Gתּוֹלָע

Tola

One of the 2 senses of Strong H8439

Transliteration
tôlâ‛
Pronunciation
to-law'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

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)

Meaning of the name

Tola = "worm"

General definition

The same as H8438; worm;
{Tola} the name of two Israelites: - Tola.

In the biblical story

Tola

Son of Issachar, ancestor of the Tolaites

Tola was a son of Issachar and the ancestor of the Tolaite clan.

In the Bible

Strong H8439G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • tola4

First verses

  1. Genesis 46:13
    And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
  2. 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:
  3. 1 Chronicles 7:1
    Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
  4. 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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