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Lexicon :: Strong's H8656 - tirṣâ

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תִּרְצָה
Transliteration
tirṣâ
Pronunciation
teer-tsaw'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

תִּרְצָה Tirtsâh, teer-tsaw'; from H7521; delightsomeness; Tirtsah, a place in Palestine; also an Israelitess:—Tirzah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H8656 in the following manner: Tirzah (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H8656 in the following manner: Tirzah (18x).

  1. Tirzah = "favourable"

    proper feminine noun

    1. one of the [5]1 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh

      proper locative noun

    2. one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites

    3. a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel


1. [An error was made in the original document incorrectly stating "7 daughters". Num 26:33]

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תִּרְצָה Tirtsâh, teer-tsaw'; from H7521; delightsomeness; Tirtsah, a place in Palestine; also an Israelitess:—Tirzah.
STRONGS H8656: Abbreviations
† תִּרְצָה proper name, feminine and of a location (pleasure, beauty); —
1. feminine daughter of Selophehad of Gilead Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11; Joshua 17:3; Θερσα.
2. location old Canaanite city Joshua 12:24, early cap. of Northern Israel (until Omri) 1 Kings 14:17 (תִּרְצָ֫תָה), 1 Kings 15:21, 33; 1 Kings 16:6, 8, 9 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 16:15, 17, 23, Θαρσα, usually Θερσα; Menahem's base of operations 2 Kings 15:14, 16 (Θαρς(ε)ιλα 2 Kings 15:14, EusebOnom. 263, 62, ed. Lag compare Θαρσιλα, village of Samaritans in Batanea, and BuhlGeogr. 247 conjecture Tesîl, 20 miles east of Lake Gennesaret, but this too remote); in simile of beauty (omitted by Greek Version of the LXX) Songs 6:4 (|| יְרוּשָׁלַם); — site not certain; conjectured are: Tallûza, just north of Mt. Ebal (RobBR iii. 302 f.), Tayaṣir, approximately 10 miles further northeast, > eṭ-Ṭîre, south of Gerizim (see, on these, GASmGeogr. 355 BuhlGeogr. 203 AglenHast. DB. under the word).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

26:33; 27:1; 36:11

Joshua

12:24; 17:3

1 Kings

14:17; 15:21; 15:33; 16:6; 16:8; 16:9; 16:15; 16:17; 16:23

2 Kings

15:14; 15:14; 15:16

Song of Songs

6:4

H8656

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8656 matches the Hebrew תִּרְצָה (tirṣâ),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:33 - (Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons; he had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1 - The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. They came forward

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11 - Zelophehad’s daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah and Noah—married their cousins on their father’s side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:24 -
the king of Tirzahone

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:3 - Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:17 - Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned twenty-four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - Baasha rested with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 - In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the palace administrator at Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah seven days. The army was encamped near Gibbethon, a Philistine town.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17 - Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:16 - At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:4 - He: You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
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