תּוֹלָע (tôlēʿâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning worm. It appears
43 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8438).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2516a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2516a)worm, scarlet stuff; maggot, voracious, grub; crimson, scarlet
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
תּוֹלָעnoun, masculine: worm, scarlet stuff
Strong's H8438תּוֹלָע: 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 KJV:crimson, scarlet, worm.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.