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Lexicon :: Strong's H8438 - tôlāʿ

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תּוֹלָע
Transliteration
tôlāʿ
Pronunciation
to-law'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2516b

Strong’s Definitions

תּוֹלָע tôwlâʻ, to-law'; and (feminine) תּוֹלֵעָה tôwlêʻâh; or תּוֹלַעַת tôwlaʻath; or תֹּלַעַת tôlaʻath; from H3216; a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of H8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith:—crimson, scarlet, worm.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H8438 in the following manner: scarlet (34x), worm (8x), crimson (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H8438 in the following manner: scarlet (34x), worm (8x), crimson (1x).

  1. worm, scarlet stuff, crimson

    1. worm - the female 'coccus ilicis'

    2. scarlet stuff, crimson, scarlet

      1. the dye made from the dried body of the female of the worm "coccus ilicis"

  2. worm, maggot

    1. worm, grub

    2. the worm "coccus ilicis"

      "When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree, fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the larvae were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother died, the crimson fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted. What a picture this gives of Christ, dying on the tree, shedding his precious blood that he might 'bring many sons unto glory' (Hbr 2:10)! He died for us, that we might live through him! Psa 22:6 describes such a worm and gives us this picture of Christ. (cf. Isa 1:18)" (Henry Morris. Biblical Basis for Modern Science, Baker Book House, 1985, p. 73)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תּוֹלָע tôwlâʻ, to-law'; and (feminine) תּוֹלֵעָה tôwlêʻâh; or תּוֹלַעַת tôwlaʻath; or תֹּלַעַת tôlaʻath; from H3216; a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of H8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cloths dyed therewith:—crimson, scarlet, worm.
STRONGS H8438: Abbreviations
† I. תּוֺלָע noun [masculine] worm, scarlet stuff (dyed with the coccus ilicis, see שָׁנִי ThatcherHast. 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, תּוֺלַ֫עַת 40 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 (which see), 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 + 24 times Exodus.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:20; 25:4; 25:4; 26:1

Leviticus

14:4; 14:6; 14:49; 14:51; 14:52

Numbers

4:8; 19:6; 19:6

Deuteronomy

28:39; 28:39

Job

25:6; 25:6

Psalms

22:7

Isaiah

1:18; 14:11; 14:11; 41:14; 41:14; 66:24; 66:24

Lamentations

4:5

Jonah

4:7

H8438

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Strong's Number H8438 matches the Hebrew תּוֹלָע (tôlāʿ),
which occurs 43 times in 43 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - But they did not listen to Moses, and some left a supply of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul and rotten; and Moses was angry with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, fine twisted linen, goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 -

“Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle (sacred tent of worship) with ten [interior] curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric; you shall make them with [embroidered] cherubim, the handwork of a skillful craftsman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 -

“You shall make a veil [to divide the two rooms] of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen, skillfully worked with cherubim on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

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“You shall make a screen [to provide a covering] for the doorway of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and finely woven [embroidered] linen, the work of an embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “For the gate of the court there shall be a screen [to provide a covering] of twenty cubits, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and finely woven [embroidered] linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four pillars and four [base] sockets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - “They are to use the gold and the blue and the purple and the scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen [from the people],

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 -

and they shall make the ephod of gold and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen, skillfully woven and [beautifully] worked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - “And the skillfully woven sash, which is on the ephod shall be made of the same material: of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 -

“You are to make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skilled and talented craftsman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and of fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - “You shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric all around its hem, with gold bells between them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, fine linen, goats’ hair,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - Every man who had in his possession blue or purple or scarlet fabric, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and [fn]rams’ skins dyed red and [fn]porpoise skins, brought them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - All the skilled and talented women spun thread with their hands, and brought what they had spun, blue and purple and scarlet fabric and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - “He has filled them with skill to do the work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and in fine linen, and of a weaver; makers of every work and embroiderers of [excellent] designs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 -

All the skilled men among them who were doing the work on the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, with cherubim [worked into them], the work of an embroiderer, Bezalel made them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 -

Further, Bezalel made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of an embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - He made a screen (curtain) for the doorway of the tent, of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The screen (curtain) for the gate of the courtyard [on the east side] was the work of an embroiderer, in blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, corresponding to the curtains of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skillful craftsman and an embroiderer in blue and in purple and in scarlet fabric, and in fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 -

Moreover, from the blue and purple and scarlet fabric, they made finely woven garments for serving and ministering in the Holy Place; they made the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 -

Bezalel made the ephod of gold, and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Then Bezalel and Oholiab hammered the gold [into thin sheets] and cut it into threads to work into the blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and into the fine linen, the work of a skilled craftsman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - The skillfully woven sash with which to bind it, which was on the ephod [to hold it in place], was like its workmanship, of the same material: of gold and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 -

Bezalel made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful craftsman, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold and of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - On the hem of the robe they made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - and the sash of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, the work of an embroiderer, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and scarlet string and [fn]hyssop for the one to be cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - “As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird sacrificed over the running water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - “To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and scarlet string and hyssop;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - and he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird as well as in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - “So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8 - “They shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover that with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its carrying poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - ‘The priest shall take cedar wood and [fn]hyssop and scarlet [material] and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - “You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because the worm will eat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 -

How much less man, that maggot,

And the son of man, that worm!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 -

But I am [treated as] a worm [insignificant and powerless] and not a man;

I am the scorn of men and despised by the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 -

“Come now, and let us reason together,”

Says the LORD.

“[fn]Though your sins are like scarlet,

They shall be as white as snow;

Though they are red like crimson,

They shall be like wool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:11

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‘Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol,

Along with the music of your harps;

The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed]

And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 -

“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;

I will help you,” declares the LORD, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 -

“Then they will go forth and look

Upon the dead bodies of the [rebellious] men

Who have transgressed against Me;

For their worm (maggot) will not die,

And their fire will not go out;

And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:5 -

Those who feasted on delicacies

Are perishing in the streets;

Those reared in purple [as nobles]

Embrace ash heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - But God prepared a worm when morning dawned the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.
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