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Hebrew Lexicon
וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ
wə·ṯar·šîš;
Strong's H8659
Definition
Tarshish
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
Tarshish 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
1a) 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
Occurrences in the OJB Interlinear (28 total)
Gen.10.4 · 1Ki.10.22 · 1Ki.10.22 · 1Ki.22.48 · 1Ch.1.7 · 1Ch.7.10 · 2Ch.9.21 · 2Ch.9.21 · 2Ch.20.36 · 2Ch.20.37 · Est.1.13 · Psa.48.6  (+16 more)