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Lexicon :: Strong's H8659 - taršîš

Aa
תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Transliteration
taršîš
Pronunciation
tar-sheesh'
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Part 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)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2547

Strong’s Definitions

תַּרְשִׁישׁ Tarshîysh, tar-sheesh'; probably the same as H8658 (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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H8659 in the following manner: Tarshish (24x), Tharshish (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H8659 in the following manner: Tarshish (24x), Tharshish (4x).

  1. Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper"

    proper masculine noun

    1. son of Javan

    2. a Benjamite, son of Bilhan

    3. one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia

      proper locative noun

    4. a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee

      1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּרְשִׁישׁ Tarshîysh, tar-sheesh'; probably the same as H8658 (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.
STRONGS H8659: Abbreviations
† II. תַּרְשִׁרשׁ proper name
1. location, a distant port, site not certainly known (WklAltor. Forsch. see 445); most Tartessus in Spain Thes (after older authorities) GesIs i. 719 MeyGeschichte. d. Alt. i, § 281; other views are: Tyrseni (Etruscans) in Italy, WMMHast. DB TARSHISH, Phoenicia RenoufPSBA xvi. 134 ff., Sardinia HalREJ xiii. 14; see also Ency. Bib.TARSHISH; — Tarshish, Greek Version of the LXX usually Θαρς(ε)ις (Isaiah 23:1, 14 Καρχήδων = Carthage); — especially in phrase אֳנִיּוֺת ת׳ Tarshish-ships (large, sea-going vessels, fit to ply to Tarshish) Isaiah 2:16 (Greek Version of the LXX πλοῖον θαλάσσης), Isaiah 23:1, 14; Isaiah 60:9; Ezekiel 27:25; 1 Kings 22:49, || 2 Chronicles 20:36,37 (where the ships go to ת׳); אֳנִי ת׳ 1 Kings 10:22 (twice in verse) || 2 Chronicles 9:21 (אֳנִיּוֺת), + 2 Chronicles 9:21; (ships go to ת׳); ת׳ alone Isaiah 23:6; Jonah 1:3 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:2 (all with ה locative), Genesis 10:4 || 1 Chronicles 1:7 (erroneous ה locative), Isaiah 66:19; Psalm 72:10; Jonah 1:3; בַּתתֿ׳ Isaiah 23:10; trading-port Ezekiel 27:12; Ezekiel 38:13, whence comes silver Jeremiah 10:9.
2. masculine
a. in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 7:10.
b. Persian noble Esther 1:14; explained By Scheft53 as Old Iranian tṛšus, 'der Gierige.'
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:4

1 Kings

10:22; 22:49

1 Chronicles

1:7; 7:10

2 Chronicles

9:21; 9:21; 20:36; 20:37

Esther

1:14

Psalms

72:10

Isaiah

2:16; 23:1; 23:1; 23:6; 23:10; 23:14; 23:14; 60:9; 66:19

Jeremiah

10:9

Ezekiel

27:12; 27:25; 38:13

Jonah

1:3; 1:3; 4:2

H8659

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Strong's Number H8659 matches the Hebrew תַּרְשִׁישׁ (taršîš),
which occurs 28 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4 - The sons H1121 of Javan H3120 were Elishah H473, Tarshish H8659, Kittim H3794, and [fn]Dodanim H1721.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king H4428 had the ships H590 of Tarshish H8659 at sea H3220 with Hiram’s H2438 ships H590; once H259 every three H7969 years H8141 the ships H590 of Tarshish H8659 would come H935 carrying H5375 gold H2091 and silver H3701, ivory H8143, monkeys H6971, and peacocks H8500.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:48 - Jehoshaphat H3092 built H6213 ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 to go H1980 to Ophir H211 for gold H2091, but they did not go H1980, because H3588 the ships H591 were destroyed H7665 at Ezion-geber H6100.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:7 - The sons H1121 of Javan H3120 were Elishah H473, Tarshish H8659, Kittim H3794, and [fn]Rodanim H1721.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:10 - The [fn]son H1121 of Jediael H3043 was Bilhan H1092. And the sons H1121 of Bilhan H1092 were Jeush H3266, Benjamin H1144, Ehud H164, Chenaanah H3668, Zethan H2133, Tarshish H8659, and Ahishahar H300.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - For the king H4428 had ships H591 which went H1980 to Tarshish H8659 with the servants H5650 of Huram H2361; once H259 every three H7969 years H8141 the ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 came H935 bringing H5375 gold H2091 and silver H3701, ivory H8143, apes H6971, and peacocks H8500.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:36 - So he allied H2266 himself with him to make H6213 ships H591 to go H1980 to Tarshish H8659, and they made H6213 the ships H591 in Ezion-geber H6100.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer H461 the son H1121 of Dodavahu H1735 of Mareshah H4762 prophesied H5012 against H5921 Jehoshaphat H3092, saying H559, “Because you have allied H2266 yourself with Ahaziah H274, the LORD H3068 has destroyed H6555 your works H4639.” So the ships H591 were wrecked H7665 and could H6113 not go H1980 to Tarshish H8659.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and were close H7138 to him, namely, Carshena H3771, Shethar H8369, Admatha H133, Tarshish H8659, Meres H4825, Marsena H4826, and Memucan H4462, the seven H7651 officials H8269 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 who [fn]had H7200 access H7200 to the king’s H4428 presence H6440 and sat H3427 in the first H7223 place in the kingdom H4438—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:7 -

With the east H6921 wind H7307

You smash H7665 the ships H591 of Tarshish H8659.

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[fn]May the kings H4428 of Tarshish H8659 and of the [fn]islands H339 bring H7725 gifts H7725;

May the kings H4428 of Sheba H7614 and Seba H5434 offer H7126 tributes H814.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:16 -

Against H5921 all H3605 the ships H591 of Tarshish H8659

And against H5921 all H3605 the delightful H2532 ships H7914.

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The pronouncement H4853 concerning Tyre H6865:

Wail H3213, you ships H591 of Tarshish H8659,

For Tyre is destroyed H7703, without H4480 house H1004 or [fn]harbor H935;

It is reported H1540 to them from the land H776 of [fn]Cyprus H3794.

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Pass H5674 over H5674 to Tarshish H8659;

Wail H3213, you inhabitants H3427 of the coastland H339.

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[fn]Overflow H5674 your land H776 like the Nile H2975, you daughter H1323 of Tarshish H8659,

There H369 is H369 no H369 more H5750 [fn]restraint H4206.

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Wail H3213, you ships H591 of Tarshish H8659,

For your stronghold H4581 is destroyed H7703.

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“Certainly H3588 the coastlands H339 will wait H6960 for Me;

And the ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 will come first H7223,

To bring H935 your sons H1121 from afar H7350,

Their silver H3701 and their gold H2091 with them,

For the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 your God H430,

And for the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 because H3588 He has glorified H6286 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - “And I will put H7760 a sign H226 among them and send H7971 survivors H6412 from them to the nations H1471: Tarshish H8659, [fn]Put H6316, Lud H3865, [fn]Meshech H4902, Tubal H8422, and [fn]Javan H3120, to the distant H7350 coastlands H339 that have neither H3808 heard H8085 of My fame H8088 nor H3808 seen H7200 My glory H3519. And they will declare H5046 My glory H3519 among the nations H1471.

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Beaten H7554 silver H3701 is brought H935 from Tarshish H8659,

And gold H2091 from Uphaz H210,

The work H4639 of a craftsman H2796 and of the hands H3027 of a goldsmith H6884;

Their clothing H3830 is of violet H8504 and purple H713;

They are all H3605 the work H4639 of skilled H2450 people H2450.

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“Tarshish H8659 was your customer H5503 because H4480 of the abundance H7230 of all H3605 kinds of wealth H1952; with silver H3701, iron H1270, tin H913, and lead H5777 they paid H5414 for your merchandise H5801.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:25 - “The ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 were [fn]the carriers H7788 for your merchandise H4627.

And you were filled H4390 and were H3513 very H3966 [fn]glorious H3513

In the heart H3820 of the seas H3220.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - “Sheba H7614 and Dedan H1719 and the merchants H5503 of Tarshish H8659 with all H3605 its [fn]villages H3724 will say H559 to you, ‘Have you come H935 to capture H7997 spoils H7998? Have you assembled H6950 your contingent H6951 to seize H962 plunder H957, to carry H5375 away silver H3701 and gold H2091, to take H3947 away livestock H4735 and goods H7075, to capture H7997 great H1419 spoils H7998?’”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - But Jonah H3124 got H6965 up H6965 to flee H1272 to Tarshish H8659 from the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068. So he went H3381 down H3381 to Joppa H3305, found H4672 a ship H591 that was going H935 to Tarshish H8659, paid H5414 the fare H7939, and [fn]boarded H3381 it to go H935 with them to Tarshish H8659 away H4480 from the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2 - Then he prayed H6419 to the LORD H3068 and said H559, “Please H577 LORD H3068, was this H2088 not [fn]what H1697 I said H1696 when H5704 I was still H5704 in my own country H127? Therefore H5921 H3651 in H6923 anticipation H6923 of this I fled H1272 to Tarshish H8659, since H3588 I knew H3045 that You are a gracious H2587 and compassionate H7349 God H410, slow H750 to anger H639 and abundant H7227 in mercy H2617, and One who relents H5162 of disaster H7451.
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