{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8659",
  "lemma": "תַּרְשִׁישׁ",
  "transliteration": "Tarshîysh",
  "definition": "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.",
  "occurrences": 28,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "תַּרְשִׁישׁ n.pr.",
    "1. loc. a distant port, site not certainly known",
    "2. m.",
    "a. in Benjamin",
    "b. Persian noble"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:4",
      "text": "The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 10:22",
      "text": "For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/10?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 22:49",
      "text": "Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go, for the ships wrecked at Ezion Geber.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=49"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 2:16",
      "text": "for all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/2?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 23:1",
      "text": "The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 23:6",
      "text": "Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 23:10",
      "text": "Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 23:14",
      "text": "Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 60:9",
      "text": "Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far away, their silver…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/60?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 66:19",
      "text": "“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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/66?v=19"
    }
  ],
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