Tarshish
tar'-shish (tarshish):
(1) Eponym of a Benjamite family (1 Ch 7:10); Rhamessai, A and
Lucian, Tharseis
(2) One of the "seven princes" at the court of Ahasuerus (Est
1:14 Massoretic Text).
(3) The Hebrew name of a precious stone (Ezek 10:9 margin,
English Versions of the Bible "beryl"; Ex 28:20; 39:13; Ezek
1:16; 28:13; Song 5:14; Dan 10:6).
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1. Son of Javan
Ge 10:4; 1Ch 1:7
-2. Also called THARSHISH
Probably Spain
Ge 10:4,5; Ps 72:10; Isa 66:19
Solomon makes valuable imports from
1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21
Commerce and wealth of
1Ki 10:22; 22:48; 2Ch 9:21; 20:36; Ps 48:7; Isa
2:16;
23:1-14; 60:9; Jer 10:9; Eze 27:12,25; 38:13
Jonah would flee to
Jon 1:3; 4:2
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established).
1. Probably Tartessus, a city and emporium of the
Phoenicians in the south of Spain, represented as one of the
sons of Javan. Ge 10:4; 1Ki 10:22; 1Ch 1:7; Ps 48:7; Isa
2:16; Jer 10:9; Eze 27:12,25; Jon 1:3; 4:2 The identity of
the two places is rendered highly probable by the following
circumstances: 1st. There is a very close s...
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a Sanscrit or Aryan word, meaning "the sea coast." (1.) One
of
the "sons" of Javan (Gen. 10:4; 1 Chr. 1:7).
(2.) The name of a place which first comes into
notice in the
days of Solomon. The question as to the locality of
Tarshish has
given rise to not a little discussion. Some think
there was a
Tarshish in the East, on the Indian coast, s...
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Tartessus (as Asshur became Athur, Bashan, Batanoea), a
Phoenician city S. of Spain; the portion of Spain known to
the Hebrew (Psalm 72:10). "The kings of Tarshish ... kings
of Sheba," i.e. the wealthy Tarshish in the far W. and Sheba
in the S.E. Tarshish was a dependency of Phoenician Tyre.
Isaiah 23:6; Isaiah 23:10 ("pass through thy land as...
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Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the
young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to
take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey?
to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods,
to take a great spoil?...
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And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD,
[was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country?
Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou
[art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil....
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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 Tarshish....
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And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that
escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud,
that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar
off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory;
and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles....
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