Lexicon tola: worm, scarlet stuff Original Word: תּוֹלָעPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: tola Phonetic Spelling: (to-law') Short Definition: crimson NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitionworm, scarlet stuff NASB Translationcrimson (1), purple (1), worms (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs I. תּוֺלָע noun [masculine] worm, scarlet stuff (dyed with the coccus ilicis, see שָׁנִי Thatcher Hast. DB COLOURS); — 1 worm, only plural תּוֺלָעִים in stale manna Exodus 16:20 (P). 2 scarlet stuff, absolute singular תּוֺלָ Isaiah 1:18 (in sim "" שָׁנִים; opposed to צֶמֶר); token of luxury Lamentations 4:5. תּוֺלֵעָה, תּוֺלַ֫עַת40 noun feminine worm; — absolute תּוֺלֵעָה Isaiah 14:11; Job 25:6; תּוֺלַעַת Isaiah 41:14 +, תּוֺלָ֑עַת Deuteronomy 28:39; Numbers 19:6; construct תּוֺלַ֫עַת Exodus 25:4 +; suffix תּוֺלַעְתָּם Isaiah 66:24; — 1 worm, grub, vine-weevil Jonah 4:7; Deuteronomy 28:39 (collective); devouring the dead Isaiah 14:11 (collective: "" רִמָּה), Isaiah 66:24 (collective) symbol of insignificance Isaiah 41:14; Job 25:6 ("" רִמָּה), Psalm 22:7. 2 elsewhere (P) specif + שָׁנִי (q. v.), of the coccus ilicis yielding scarlet colour: ׳שְׁנִי (הַ)תּ Leviticus 14:4,6,49,51,52; Numbers 19:6; of crimson stuff שָׁנִי ׳בֶּגֶד ת Numbers 4:8; usually תְּכֵלָת וְאַרְגָּמָן ׳(הַ)שָּׁנִי וגו ׳שְׁנִ Exodus 25:4; Exodus 26:1 24t. Exodus.
Strong's oppressor And (feminine) towleoah {to-lay-aw'}; or towla ath {to-lah'-ath}; or tolaiath {to-lah'-ath}; from yala'; a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of shaniy) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith -- crimson, scarlet, worm. see HEBREW yala' see HEBREW shaniy |
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