Word Study · Strong's H8658 · Hebrew
תַּרְשִׁישׁ
tarshish
tar-sheesh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tarshîysh
“a gem, perhaps the topaz”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a gem, perhaps the topaz
Rendered in the KJV as
beryl.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ3
- בַּתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ1
- כְתַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ1
- תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ1
- תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- chrysolite3
- [was] a chrysolite1
- [was] like topaz1
- [will be] a chrysolite1
- with the chrysolite1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 28:20תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁtarshishnoun · masculine singularand in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.here: [will be] a chrysolite
- Exodus 39:13תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁtarshishnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.here: [was] a chrysolite
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 1:16תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁtarshishnoun · masculine singularThe workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel.here: chrysolite
- Ezekiel 10:9תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃tarshishnoun · masculine singularThen I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.here: chrysolite
- Ezekiel 28:13תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁtarshishnoun · masculine singularYou were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.here: chrysolite
Same headword in Strong's