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תַּרְשִׁישׁ

Transliteration Tarshiysh		Pronunciation tar·shēsh' (Key)
Parts of Speech proper locative noun, proper masculine noun		Root Word (Etymology) Probably the same as תַּרְשִׁישׁ (H8658) (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)
TWOT Reference 2547

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

a) 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

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Strong's Number H8659 matches the Hebrew תַּרְשִׁישׁ (Tarshiysh), which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in Isa of the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (Isa 2:16 - Isa 66:19)
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Isa 2:16	And upon all the ships ⁵⁹¹ of Tarshish⁸⁶⁵⁹, and upon all pleasant ²⁵³² pictures ⁷⁹¹⁴.
Isa 23:1	The burden ⁴⁸⁵³ of Tyre ⁶⁸⁶⁵. Howl ³²¹³ , ye ships ⁵⁹¹ of Tarshish⁸⁶⁵⁹; for it is laid waste ⁷⁷⁰³ , so that there is no house ¹⁰⁰⁴, no entering in ⁹³⁵ : from the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Chittim ³⁷⁹⁴ it is revealed ¹⁵⁴⁰ to them.
Isa 23:6	Pass ye over ⁵⁶⁷⁴ to Tarshish⁸⁶⁵⁹; howl ³²¹³ , ye inhabitants ³⁴²⁷ of the isle ³³⁹.
Isa 23:10	Pass ⁵⁶⁷⁴ through thy land ⁷⁷⁶ as a river ²⁹⁷⁵, O daughter ¹³²³ of Tarshish⁸⁶⁵⁹: [there is] no more strength ⁴²⁰⁶.
Isa 23:14	Howl ³²¹³ , ye ships ⁵⁹¹ of Tarshish⁸⁶⁵⁹: for your strength ⁴⁵⁸¹ is laid waste ⁷⁷⁰³ .
Isa 60:9	Surely the isles ³³⁹ shall wait ⁶⁹⁶⁰ for me, and the ships ⁵⁹¹ of Tarshish⁸⁶⁵⁹ first ⁷²²³, to bring ⁹³⁵ thy sons ¹¹²¹ from far ⁷³⁵⁰, their silver ³⁷⁰¹ and their gold ²⁰⁹¹ with them, unto the name ⁸⁰³⁴ of the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸ thy God ⁴³⁰, and to the Holy One ⁶⁹¹⁸ of Israel ³⁴⁷⁸, because he hath glorified ⁶²⁸⁶ thee.
Isa 66:19	And I will set ⁷⁷⁶⁰ a sign ²²⁶ among them, and I will send ⁷⁹⁷¹ those that escape ⁶⁴¹² of them unto the nations ¹⁴⁷¹, [to] Tarshish⁸⁶⁵⁹, Pul ⁶³²², and Lud ³⁸⁶⁵, that draw ⁴⁹⁰⁰ the bow ⁷¹⁹⁸, [to] Tubal ⁸⁴²², and Javan ³¹²⁰, [to] the isles ³³⁹ afar off ⁷³⁵⁰, that have not heard ⁸⁰⁸⁵ my fame ⁸⁰⁸⁸, neither have seen ⁷²⁰⁰ my glory ³⁵¹⁹; and they shall declare ⁵⁰⁴⁶ my glory ³⁵¹⁹ among the Gentiles ¹⁴⁷¹.

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