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Tolaites

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8439

תּוֹלָע

to.la — 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

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8440

תּוֹלָעִי

to.la.i — Tolaite

Someone descended from Tola who was 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) Group of to.la (תּוֹלָע "Tola" H8439) § Tolaites, of Tola "worm" descendants of Tola the son of Issachar

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Historical dictionary entry

Descendants of Tola (Num. 26:23; 1 Chr. 7:1, 2).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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