Easton's Bible Dictionary A scarlet worm. (1.) Eldest son of Issachar (Genesis 46:13). (2.) A judge of the tribe of Issachar who "judged" Israel twenty-three years (Judges 10:1, 2), when he died, and was buried in Shamir. He was succeeded by Jair. Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TOLA to'-la (tola`, "worm" or "scarlet stuff"): (1) One of the four sons of Issachar (Genesis 46:13 1 Chronicles 7:1), mentioned among those who journeyed to Egypt with Jacob (Genesis 46:8 f), and in the census taken by Moses and Eleazar, as father of the Tolaites (Numbers 26:23) whose descendants in the reign of David included 22,600 "mighty men of valor" (1 Chronicles 7:2). (2) One of the Judges, the son of Puah, a man of Isaachar. He dwelt in the hill country of Ephraim in the village of Shamir, where after judging Israel 23 years he was buried (Judges 10:1, 2). In the order of succession he is placed between Abimelech and Jair. It is interesting to note that both Tola and Puah are names of colors, and that they occur together both in the case of the judge and in that of the sons of Isaachar. They may therefore be looked upon as popular typical or ancestral names of the Issachar tribe, although current critical theories seek an explanation in a confusion of texts. Ella Davis Isaacs WILLOW TREE wil'-o-tre (tsaphtsaphah): Comparison with the Arabic cafcaf, "the willow," makes it very probable that thc translation of Ezekiel 17:5 is correct. CHESTNUT, TREE ches'-nut. See PLANE TREE. LIFE, TREE OF See TREE OF LIFE. TREE tre. See BOTANY.

Multi-Version Concordance Tola (5 Occurrences) Genesis 46:13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Numbers 26:23 The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Judges 10:1 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 7:1 Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 7:2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)