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Lexicon :: Strong's H8438 - tôlāʿ

Aa
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxExo 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - But they gave no attention to Moses, and some of them kept it till the morning and there were worms in it and it had an evil smell: and Moses was angry with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:4 - And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - And you are to make a veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And across the doorway, a veil of twenty cubits of the best linen, made of needlework of blue and purple and red, with four pillars and four bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:5 - They are to take the gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:6 - And make the ephod of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen, the work of a designer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:15 - And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - And round the skirts of it put fruits in blue and purple and red, with bells of gold between;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:6 - And blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:23 - And everyone who had blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair and sheepskins coloured red and leather, gave them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - And all the women who were expert with their hands, made cloth, and gave the work of their hands, blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:35 - And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:1 - And from the needlework of blue and purple and red they made the robes used for the work of the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:2 - The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:5 - And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:8 - The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - The skirts of the robe were worked all round with fruits in blue and purple and red made of twisted linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - And a linen band worked with a design of blue and purple and red, as the Lord had said to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - Then the priest is to give orders to take, for him who is to be made clean, two living clean birds and some cedar wood and red thread and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - And he will take the living bird and the wood and the red thread and the hyssop and put them in the blood of the bird which was put to death over flowing water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - And take the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread and the living bird and put them in the blood of the dead bird and in the flowing water, shaking it over the house seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - And he will make the house clean with the blood of the bird and the flowing water and with the living bird and with the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8 - And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - Then let the priest take cedar-wood and hyssop and red thread, and put them into the fire where the cow is burning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - You will put in vines and take care of them, but you will get no wine or grapes from them; for they will be food for worms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 - How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 - But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - Your pride has gone down into the underworld, and the noise of your instruments of music; the worms are under you, and your body is covered with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:24 - And they will go out to see the dead bodies of the men who have done evil against me: for their worm will ever be living, and their fire will never be put out, and they will be a thing of fear to all flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:5 - Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
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