H8659 תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Tarshîysh — 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
KJV: Tarshish, Tharshish.
Occurs 28 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- תַּרְשִׁישׁ n.pr.
- 1 loc. a distant port, site not certainly known
- 2 m.
- a in Benjamin
- b Persian noble
Where it occurs
- Genesis 10:4 — The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- 1 Kings 10:22 — For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish…
- 1 Kings 22:49 — Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.
- Isaiah 2:16 — for all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.
- Isaiah 23:1 — The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From…
- Isaiah 23:6 — Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
- Isaiah 23:10 — Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
- Isaiah 23:14 — Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
- Isaiah 60:9 — Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far away, their silver…
- Isaiah 66:19 — “I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who…