Strong H8659H8659Iתַּרְשִׁישׁ
Tarshish
One of the 3 senses of Strong H8659
- Transliteration
- tarshîysh
- Pronunciation
- tar-sheesh'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper"
General definition
Probably the same as H8658 (as the region of the {stone} or the reverse);
{Tarshish} a place on the {Mediterranean} hence the epithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite: - {Tarshish} Tharshish.
{Tarshish} a place on the {Mediterranean} hence the epithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite: - {Tarshish} Tharshish.
In the biblical story
Tarshish
Son of Bilhan from the tribe of Benjamin
Tarshish was a son of Bilhan, a descendant of Benjamin.
In the Bible
Strong H8659I appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tharshish1
First verses
- 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.