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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 - qui non audierunt eum sed dimiserunt quidam ex eis usque mane et scatere coepit vermibus atque conputruit et iratus est contra eos Moses

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - hyacinthum et purpuram coccumque bis tinctum et byssum pilos caprarum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - tabernaculum vero ita fiet decem cortinas de bysso retorta et hyacintho ac purpura coccoque bis tincto variatas opere plumario facies

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - facies et velum de hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere plumario et pulchra varietate contextum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - facies et tentorium in introitu tabernaculi de hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere plumarii

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - in introitu vero atrii fiet tentorium cubitorum viginti ex hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere plumarii columnas habebit quattuor cum basibus totidem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - accipientque aurum et hyacinthum et purpuram coccumque bis tinctum et byssum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - facient autem superumerale de auro et hyacintho ac purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere polymito

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - ipsaque textura et cuncta operis varietas erit ex auro et hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - rationale quoque iudicii facies opere polymito iuxta texturam superumeralis ex auro hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - deorsum vero ad pedes eiusdem tunicae per circuitum quasi mala punica facies ex hyacintho et purpura et cocco bis tincto mixtis in medio tintinabulis

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - hyacinthum purpuram coccumque bis tinctum et byssum pilos caprarum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - viri cum mulieribus praebuerunt armillas et inaures anulos et dextralia omne vas aureum in donaria Domini separatum est

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - argenti et aeris metalla obtulerunt Domino lignaque setthim in varios usus

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - ambos erudivit sapientia ut faciant opera abietarii polymitarii ac plumarii de hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso et texant omnia ac nova quaeque repperiant

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - feceruntque omnes corde sapientes ad explendum opus tabernaculi cortinas decem de bysso retorta et hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto opere vario et arte polymita

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - fecit et velum de hyacintho purpura vermiculo ac bysso retorta opere polymitario varium atque distinctum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - fecit et tentorium in introitu tabernaculi ex hyacintho purpura vermiculo byssoque retorta opere plumarii

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - et in introitu eius opere plumario fecit tentorium ex hyacintho purpura vermiculo ac bysso retorta quod habebat viginti cubitos in longitudine altitudo vero quinque cubitorum erat iuxta mensuram quam cuncta atrii habebant tentoria

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - iuncto sibi socio Hooliab filio Achisamech de tribu Dan qui et ipse artifex lignorum egregius fuit et polymitarius atque plumarius ex hyacintho purpura vermiculo et bysso

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 - de hyacintho vero et purpura vermiculo ac bysso fecit vestes quibus indueretur Aaron quando ministrabat in sanctis sicut praecepit Dominus Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - fecit igitur superumerale de auro hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - opere polymitario inciditque bratteas aureas et extenuavit in fila ut possint torqueri cum priorum colorum subtemine

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - et balteum ex hisdem coloribus sicut praeceperat Dominus Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - fecit et rationale opere polymito iuxta opus superumeralis ex auro hyacintho purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - tintinabulum aureum et malum punicum quibus ornatus incedebat pontifex quando ministerio fungebatur sicut praecepit Dominus Mosi

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - fecerunt et lamminam sacrae venerationis de auro purissimo scripseruntque in ea opere gemmario Sanctum Domini

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - praecipiet ei qui purificatur ut offerat pro se duos passeres vivos quos vesci licitum est et lignum cedrinum vermiculumque et hysopum

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - alium autem vivum cum ligno cedrino et cocco et hysopo tinguet in sanguine passeris immolati

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - et in purificationem eius sumet duos passeres lignumque cedrinum et vermiculum atque hysopum

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - tollet lignum cedrinum et hysopum et coccum et passerem vivum et intinguet omnia in sanguine passeris immolati atque in aquis viventibus et asperget domum septies

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - purificabitque eam tam in sanguine passeris quam in aquis viventibus et in passere vivo lignoque cedrino et hysopo atque vermiculo

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8 - extendentque desuper pallium coccineum quod rursum operient velamento ianthinarum pellium et inducent vectes

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - lignum quoque cedrinum et hysopum coccumque bis tinctum sacerdos mittet in flammam quae vaccam vorat

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - vineam plantabis et fodies et vinum non bibes nec colliges ex ea quippiam quoniam vastabitur vermibus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 - quanto magis homo putredo et filius hominis vermis

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 - [Vulgate 21:7] ego autem sum vermis et non homo obprobrium hominum et dispectio plebis

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - et venite et arguite me dicit Dominus si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum quasi nix dealbabuntur et si fuerint rubra quasi vermiculus velut lana erunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - detracta est ad inferos superbia tua concidit cadaver tuum subter te sternetur tinea et operimentum tuum erunt vermes

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - noli timere vermis Iacob qui mortui estis ex Israhel ego auxiliatus sum tui dicit Dominus et redemptor tuus Sanctus Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 - et egredientur et videbunt cadavera virorum qui praevaricati sunt in me vermis eorum non morietur et ignis eorum non extinguetur et erunt usque ad satietatem visionis omni carni

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:5 - HE qui vescebantur voluptuose interierunt in viis qui nutriebantur in croceis amplexati sunt stercora

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - et paravit Deus vermem ascensu diluculo in crastinum et percussit hederam et exaruit
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