tarshish · Tarshish

What it means

tarshish (תַּרְשִׁישׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Tarshish”.

A son of Javan; also a distant place on the Mediterranean, famous for its ships. Also the name of two men.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• 1 Kings×3
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×4
• Esther×1
• Psalms×2
• Isaiah×7
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×3
• Jonah×4

• Genesis 10:4

  And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

• 1 Kings 10:22

  For the king had ships of Tarshish at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come, carrying gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

• 1 Kings 22:48

  Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold; but they did not go, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

• 1 Chronicles 1:7

  And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

• 1 Chronicles 7:10

  And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

• 2 Chronicles 9:21

  For the king had ships going to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come carrying gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

• 2 Chronicles 20:36

  He allied him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made ships in Ezion-geber.

• 2 Chronicles 20:37

  Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you allied yourself with Ahaziah, YHWH has made a breach in your works.” And the ships were broken, and they were not able to go to Tarshish.

• Esther 1:14

  and those closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media who saw the face of the king, who sat first in the kingdom):

• Psalms 48:7

  With an east wind you break the ships of Tarshish.

• Psalms 72:10

  The kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands will pay tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.

• Isaiah 2:16

  and against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the desirable images.

• Isaiah 23:1

  The burden of Tyre. Wail, ships of Tarshish, for it is devastated, without house, without entrance; from the land of Kittim it was revealed to them.

• Isaiah 23:6

  Cross over to Tarshish; wail, inhabitants of the coastland!

• Isaiah 23:10

  Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish; there is no girdle any longer.

• Isaiah 23:14

  Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is devastated.

• Isaiah 60:9

  For the coastlands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of YHWH your Elohim, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.

• Isaiah 66:19

  And I will set among them a sign, and I will send from them those who escaped to the nations: Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, Tubal and Javan, the distant coastlands that have not heard my fame nor seen my glory; and they will declare my glory among the nations.

• Jeremiah 10:9

  Silver beaten flat is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith; blue and purple is their clothing, the work of wise men all of them.

• Ezekiel 27:12

  Tarshish was your merchant because of the abundance of all wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your wares.

• Ezekiel 27:25

  The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your exchange; and you were filled and became very heavy in the heart of the seas.

• Ezekiel 38:13

  Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young lions will say to you, “Is it to take spoil that you come? Is it to seize plunder that you have assembled your assembly, to carry away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to take great spoil?”’

• Jonah 1:3

  But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of YHWH. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; he paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, from the presence of YHWH.

• Jonah 4:2

  And he prayed to YHWH and said, “I beg you, YHWH, was this not my word while I was still in my land? That is why I hurried to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are El, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and one who relents concerning evil.

And 4 more times.