◄ G5019 ►
Ταρσός
Transliteration
Tarsos;
Pronunciation
tar-sos'
Parts of Speech
n pr loc
Root Word (Etymology)
perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket)
KJV Translation Count — 3x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Tarsus (3)
Outline of Biblical Usage
arsus = "a flat basket"
1. a major city in Cilicia and the birthplace and early home of Paul. Acts 9:11; 21:39; 22:3. Even in the flourishing period of Greek history it was an important city. In the Roman civil wars, it sided with Caesar and on the occasion of a visit from him its name changed to Juliopolis. Augustus made it a free city. Its was renowned as a place of education under the early Roman emperors. Strabo compares it in this respect to Athens and Alexandria. Tarsus also was a place of much commerce. It was situated in a wild and fertile plain on the banks of the Cydnus. No ruins of any importance remain.
Strong's Definitions
tar-sos'; perhaps the same as ταρσός (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor: — Tarsus.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to G5019.
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in G5019, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.