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) |
