Tarshish — the meaning of the Hebrew name תַּרְשִׁישׁ

תַּרְשִׁישׁ

Tarshîysh · pronounced tar-sheesh' · Strong's H8659 · a man and a place · also spelled Tharshish

Tarshish means Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port).

Built from

תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshîysh (the same as, H8658) — a gem, perhaps the topaz open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

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.

First appearance

Gen 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (KJV)

Every verse that names Tarshish

24 occurrences in 24 verses — Genesis, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Esther, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Jonah

Gen 10:41Kgs 10:221Kgs 22:491Chr 1:71Chr 7:102Chr 9:212Chr 20:362Chr 20:37Esth 1:14Ps 48:8Ps 72:10Isa 2:16Isa 23:1Isa 23:6Isa 23:10Isa 23:14Isa 60:9Isa 66:19Jer 10:9Ezek 27:12Ezek 27:25Ezek 38:13Jonah 1:3Jonah 4:2

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