# H8659 תַּרְשִׁישׁ

תַּרְשִׁישׁ (Tarshîysh), Strong’s 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…

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*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.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=4) — The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- [1 Kings 10:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/10?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/2?v=16) — for all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.
- [Isaiah 23:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=6) — Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
- [Isaiah 23:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=10) — Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
- [Isaiah 23:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/23?v=14) — Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste!
- [Isaiah 60:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/60?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/66?v=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…