Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H8659
תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Tarshishtar-sheesh'
Tarshish
28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Tarshîysh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8659is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8659
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
The King James renders it: Tarshish, Tharshish.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Tarshish is rendered "Tarshish". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
Genesis 10:4וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Tarshish20
- Tarshish towards4
- and Tarshish2
- and Tarshish towards1
- from Tarshish1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| תַּרְדֵּמָה | tardemah | deep sleep | Uses7 |
| תַּרְשִׁישׁ | tarshish | jasper | Uses7 |
| תַּרְבִּית | tarbith | increment | Uses6 |
| תַּרְעֵלָה | tarelah | reeling | Uses3 |
| תַּרְתָּן | Tartan | Tartan | Uses2 |
| תַּרְתָּק | Tartaq | Tartak | Uses1 |
| תַּרְבּוּת | tarbuth | increase | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 28, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ3
- תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁ2
- תַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ2
- תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ2
- תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ2
- תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃2
- תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה2
- תַּרְשִׁ֔ישָׁה2
- וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ1
- וְתַרְשִׁ֖ישׁ1
- וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה1
- מִתַּרְשִׁ֣ישׁ1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)20HNpl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)4HNpl/Sd
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1HC/Npm/Sd
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npl
Genesis
one use
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
- וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁvetarshishconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Tarshish
1 Kings
three uses
For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
- תַרְשִׁ֗ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- תַּרְשִׁ֜ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
1 Chronicles
two uses
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
- וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהvetarshishahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and Tarshish towards
The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan:
- וְתַרְשִׁ֖ישׁvetarshishconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Tarshish
2 Chronicles
four uses
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
- תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
They agreed to make ships to go to Tarshish, and these were built in Ezion-geber.
- תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.
- תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃tarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Esther
one use
His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.
- תַרְשִׁ֔ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Psalms
two uses
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
- תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃tarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- תַרְשִׁ֣ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Isaiah
seven uses
against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
- תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
- תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
- תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהtarshishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Tarshish towards
Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
- תַּרְשִׁ֕ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!
- תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
- תַּרְשִׁישׁ֙tarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
- תַּרְשִׁ֨ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Jeremiah
one use
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
- מִתַּרְשִׁ֣ישׁmitarshishpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Tarshish
Ezekiel
three uses
Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
- תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
- תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’
- תַרְשִׁ֤ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
Jonah
four uses
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
- תַּרְשִׁ֔ישָׁהtarshishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Tarshish towards
- תַרְשִׁ֗ישׁtarshishproper noun (a name)tagged: Tarshish
- תַּרְשִׁ֔ישָׁהtarshishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Tarshish towards
So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
- תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁהtarshishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Tarshish towards
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.