Towla`

to-law'
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Towla` Definition

  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" (Heb. 2:
  3. (from page 73, "Biblical Basis for Modern Science", 1985, Baker Book House, by Henry Morris)
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
[lwt
Origin
from (03216)
Strong's Number
08438
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 2516b

KJV Word Usage

scarlet
34
worm
8
crimson
1
Total
43

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Towla`". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .