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

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and H8659, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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.

KJV

Jehoshaphat made ships of H8659 to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.

KJV

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and H8659, Kittim, and Dodanim.

KJV

The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and H8659, and Ahishahar.

KJV

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.

KJV

And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to H8659: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.

KJV

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.

KJV

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;)

KJV

Thou breakest the ships of H8659 with an east wind.

KJV

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