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Tarshiysh <08659>

vyvrt Tarshiysh

Pronunciation	:	tar-sheesh'
Origin	:	probably the same as 08658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)
Reference	:	TWOT - 2547
PrtSpch	:	n pr m, n pr loc (noun proper masculine, noun proper locative)
In Hebrew	:	sysrt 20, hsysrt 4, sysrtw 2, sysrtm 1, hsysrtw 1
In NET	:	Tarshish 16, large ships 5, large merchant ships 3, port 2, large seagoing merchant ships 1, sea 1
In AV	:	Tarshish 24, Tharshish 4
Count	:	28
Definition	:	Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" n pr m 1) son of Javan 2) a Benjamite, son of Bilhan 3) one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia n pr loc 4) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee 1a) site unknown but perhaps in Cyprus or Spain 5) a city somewhere near and accessible to the Red Sea to which ships constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf on the Red Sea were to sail probably the same as 8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse); Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite: KJV -- Tarshish, Tharshish. see HEBREW for 08658
Related Greek	:	-
Variations in Bible	:	large ships (NET) ships of Tarshish (NET) Tarshish (NET, KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV)

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