International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Tarshish

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Tarshish


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tar´shish (תּרשׁישׁ, tarshı̄sh):

(1) Eponym of a Benjamite family (); Ῥαμεσσαί, Rhamessaı́, A and Lucian, Θαρσείς, Tharseiś

(2) One of the “seven princes” at the court of Ahasuerus ( Massoretic Text).

(3) The Hebrew name of a precious stone ( margin, English Versions of the Bible “beryl”; ; ; ; ; ; ). See STONES, PRECIOUS.