Hebrew word study

תַּרְשִׁישׁTarshîysh Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephith…

Pronounced “tar-sheesh'

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

Translated in the King James as: Tarshish, Tharshish.

Appears 28 times in Scripture

Origin: probably the same as H8658 (תַּרְשִׁישׁ) (as the region of the stone, or the reverse);

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Where it appears

Genesis 1×
Genesis 10:4
1 Kings 3×
1 Ki 10:221 Ki 22:48+ 1 more in 1 Kings
1 Chronicles 2×
1 Chr 1:71 Chr 7:10
2 Chronicles 4×
2 Chr 9:212 Chr 20:362 Chr 20:37+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles
Esther 1×
Esther 1:14
Psalms 2×
Psalms 48:7Psalms 72:10
Isaiah 7×
Isaiah 2:16Isaiah 23:1Isaiah 23:6Isaiah 23:10Isaiah 23:14Isaiah 60:9Isaiah 66:19
Jeremiah 1×
Jeremiah 10:9
Ezekiel 3×
Ezekiel 27:12Ezekiel 27:25Ezekiel 38:13
Jonah 4×
Jonah 1:3Jonah 4:2+ 2 more in Jonah

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