Every Name in Tanakh

תּוֹלָע Tola

Every verse in which this name stands — 6 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 506×6 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 46:13 and last at 1 Chronicles 7:2.

Genesis 46:13בראשית מו:יג

וּבְנֵי יִשָׂשכָר תּוֹלָע וּפֻוָּה וְיוֹב וְשִׁמְרֽוֹן

And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.

Numbers 26:23במדבר כו:כג

בְּנֵי יִשָּׂשכָר לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם תּוֹלָע מִשְׁפַּחַת הַתּוֹלָעִי לְפֻוָה מִשְׁפַּחַת הַפּוּנִֽי

The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;

Judges 10:1שופטים י:א

וַיָּקָם אַחֲרֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל תּוֹלָע בֶּן־פּוּאָה בֶּן־דּוֹדוֹ אִישׁ יִשָּׂשכָר וְהֽוּא־יֹשֵׁב בְּשָׁמִיר בְּהַר אֶפְרָֽיִם

And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.

1 Chronicles 7:1דברי הימים א ז:א

וְלִבְנֵי יִשָׂשכָר תּוֹלָע וּפוּאָה ישיב וְשִׁמְרוֹן אַרְבָּעָֽה

And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

1 Chronicles 7:2דברי הימים א ז:ב

וּבְנֵי תוֹלָע עֻזִּי וּרְפָיָה וִֽירִיאֵל וְיַחְמַי וְיִבְשָׂם וּשְׁמוּאֵל רָאשִׁים לְבֵית־אֲבוֹתָם לְתוֹלָע גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל לְתֹלְדוֹתָם מִסְפָּרָם בִּימֵי דָוִיד עֶשְׂרִֽים־וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאֽוֹת

And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’houses, mighty men of valour according to their generations, even of Tola; their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

1 Chronicles 7:2דברי הימים א ז:ב

וּבְנֵי תוֹלָע עֻזִּי וּרְפָיָה וִֽירִיאֵל וְיַחְמַי וְיִבְשָׂם וּשְׁמוּאֵל רָאשִׁים לְבֵית־אֲבוֹתָם לְתוֹלָע גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל לְתֹלְדוֹתָם מִסְפָּרָם בִּימֵי דָוִיד עֶשְׂרִֽים־וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאֽוֹת

And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’houses, mighty men of valour according to their generations, even of Tola; their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Tola?

Tola — תולע in Hebrew — has a gematria of 506 in the standard method.

How many times is Tola named in the Tanakh?

6 times, first at Genesis 46:13.

A spelling is not a name. The written word תולע stands 6 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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