◄ H8659 ►
תּרשׁישׁ
Transliteration
Tarshiysh;
Pronunciation
tar-sheesh'
Parts of Speech
TWOT number 2547
Root Word (Etymology)
probably the same as 8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)
KJV Translation Count — 28x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Tarshish (24), Tharshish (4)
Outline of Biblical Usage
arshish 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
Strong's Definitions
Tarshiysh, tar-sheesh'; probably the same as 8658 (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.
Concordance Results Using KJV
For the king had at sea a navy of H8659 with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of H8659, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Jehoshaphat made ships of H8659 to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and H8659, and Ahishahar.
For the king's ships went to H8659 with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of H8659 bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to H8659: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to H8659.
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, H8659, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)