Strong's Dictionary Number: [8659]
8659
1 Original Word: תַּרְשִׁישׁ
2 Word Origin: probably the same as (08658) (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)
3 Transliterated Word: Tarshiysh
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 2547
5 Phonetic Spelling: tar-sheesh'
6 Part of Speech:
7 Strong's Definition: probably the same as [08658]08658 (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:--Tarshish, Tharshish.
8 Definition: Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" n pr m
- son of Javan
- a Benjamite, son of Bilhan
- one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia n pr loc
- a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee
- site unknown but perhaps in Cyprus or Spain
- 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
9 English:
0 Usage: Tarshish, Tharshish