In the bible, Tola is the name of the son of Issachar (GEN 46:13), as well as name of a descendant of Issachar who arose to save Israel (JDG 10:1). Meaning of the name: worm; grub; scarlet. Related names are:
Issachar,
Puah,
Shimron (and others ...)
. The translations of Tola in 24 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Thô-La in Vietnamese to
Thola in Dutch!
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. (GEN 46:13)
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: (NUM 26:23)
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. (JDG 10:1)
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. (1CH 7:1)
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. (1CH 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. (1CH 7:2)