Tarshish
תַּרְשִׁישׁStrong’s H8659tarshish (tar-shish)
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tarshish is the Hebrew word usually translated “tarshish”, “tarshish towards” and “from tarshish”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.”
Meaning
- A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4
- A city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee
- 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
- Son of Javan
- A Benjamite, son of Bilhan
- One of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia
- A city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to fleeperhaps in Cyprus or Spain
How it's translated
- tarshish 20
- tarshish towards 4
- and tarshish 3
- from tarshish 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 7
- 2 Chronicles 3
- Ezekiel 3
- 1 Kings 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Psalms 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 10:22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
- 1 Chronicles 1:7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- 1 Chronicles 7:10The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- 2 Chronicles 20:36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
Hebrew dictionary
תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshish · Tarshish
A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; son of: Javan (H3120); brother of: Elishah (H0473), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721) § Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" son of Javan
תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshish · Tarshish
§ Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" 1) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee perhaps in Cyprus or Spain 2) 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
תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshish · Tarshish
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.10; son of: Bilhan (H1092H); brother of: Jeush (H3266H), Benjamin (H1144H), Ehud (H0164H), Chenaanah (H3668H), Zethan (H2133) and Ahishahar (H0300) § Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" 1) son of Javan 2) a Benjamite, son of Bilhan 3) one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia 4) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee 1a) perhaps in Cyprus or Spain …
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.