Tola

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tola \To"la\, n. [Hind., from Skr. tul[=a] a balance.]
     A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180
     grains.
     [1913 Webster]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Tola
     a scarlet worm. (1.) Eldest son of Issachar (Gen. 46:13).
     
       (2.) A judge of the tribe of Issachar who "judged" Israel
     twenty-three years (Judg. 10:1, 2), when he died, and was buried
     in Shamir. He was succeeded by Jair.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Tola, worm; grub; scarlet
  Tolad; a generation
  Tophel; ruin; folly; without understanding