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Tarshish
Biblical Persons & Places
Tarshish
Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy
A man from the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.10;
only referred to as Tarshish (תַּרְשִׁישׁ);
son of Bilhan;
a brother of Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan and Ahishahar.
Tarshish
Persian living at the time of Exile and Return
A prince of Persia living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.1.14;
only referred to as Tarshish (תַרְשִׁישׁ).
Tarshish
Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4;
only referred to as Tarshish (תַּרְשִׁישׁ);
son of Javan;
a brother of Elishah, Kittim and Dodanim.
Tarshish
Tarshish
A location in Benjamin Tribe first mentioned at 1Ki.10.22;
only referred to as Tarshish (תַּרְשִׁישׁ).
Strong's Definition
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
Derivation: probably the same as H8658 (תַּרְשִׁישׁ) (as the region of the stone, or the reverse);
KJV Usage: Tarshish, Tharshish.
TWOT Reference: 2547
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4;
son of: Javan (H3120);
brother of: Elishah (H0473), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721)
§ Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper"
son of Javan
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תַּרְשִׁישׁ
tarshý̂ysh
BDB Definition:
Tarshish or Tharshish = yellow jasper
1) son of Javan (noun proper masculine)
2) a Benjamite, son of Bilhan (noun proper masculine)
3) one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia (noun proper masculine)
4) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee (noun proper locative)
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 (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably the same as H8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2547
Total KJV Occurrences: 28