1. Tarshish (place name) — A distant maritime locale associated with long-range sea trade, often identified with Tartessus in southern Spain or a general designation for the far western Mediterranean; appears prominently in the Jonah narrative, Isaiah's oracles against the nations, and Ezekiel's trade catalogues, as well as in genealogical lists (Genesis 10:4, 1 Chronicles 1:7, 7:10). All target languages consistently transliterate: Spanish Tarsis, Arabic تَرْشِيشَ, Korean 다르시시, Swahili Tarshishi, Hindi तर्शीश. The three clusters reflect only prepositional and conjunctive variation: bare proper noun (S145896), with conjunction waw (S145898), and with preposition min 'from' (S145899). 28×
AR["-إِلَى-تَرْشِيشَ","تَرشيشَ","تَرشِيشَ","تَرْشيش","تَرْشيشَ","تَرْشِيشَ","تَرْشِيشُ"]·ben["তরশীশে","তর্শীশ","তর্শীশ-এ","তর্শীশ-এর","তর্শীশে","তর্শীশের"]·DE["Tarschisch","Tarshish"]·EN["Tarshish","to-Tarshish"]·FR["Tarshish","Tarsis","[תרשיש]"]·heb["תַרְשִׁישׁ","תרשיש","תרשישה"]·HI["तरशीश","तरशीश-का","तरशीश-के","तरशीश-को","तरशीश।","तर्शीश","तर्शीश-के","तर्शीश-को","तर्शीशके"]·ID["Tarsis","Tarsyis","ke-Tarsis"]·IT["Tarsis"]·jav["Tarsis","dhateng-Tarsis","kados"]·KO["다르시스와","다르시시-에","다르시시가","다르시시의","다시스","다시스와","다시스의","다시시","다시시-로","다시시-의","다시시로","다시시의"]·PT["Tarshish","Társiss","a-Tarshish","de-Társis"]·RU["Таршиш","Таршиша","Таршишу","Фарсис","Фарсиса","в-Таршиш","фарсисские"]·ES["Tarshish","Tarsis","a-Tarsis"]·SW["Meresi","Tarshishi","wa-Tarshishi","ya-Tarshishi","za-Tarshishi"]·TR["Tarshish","Tarshish'e","Tarshish'in","Tarsis","Tarşiş","Tarşiş'a","Tarşiş'e","Tarşiş'in"]·urd["ترسیس","ترسیس-تک","ترسیس-کا","ترسیس-کی","ترسیس-کے"]
Gen 10:4, 1 Kgs 10:22, 1 Kgs 10:22, 1 Kgs 22:48, 1 Chr 1:7, 1 Chr 7:10, 2 Chr 9:21, 2 Chr 9:21, 2 Chr 20:36, 2 Chr 20:37, Esth 1:14, Ps 48:7 (+16 more)
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† II. תַּרְשִׁישׁ n.pr. 1. loc. a distant port, site not certainly known (WklAltor. Forsch. v. 445); most Tartessus in Spain Thes (after older authorities) Ges Is i, 719 MeyGesch. d. Alt. i, § 281; other views are: Tyrseni (Etruscans) in Italy, WMMHast. DB Tarshish, Phoenicia RenoufPSBA xvi. 134 ff., Sardinia HalRÉJ xiii. 14; v. also Ency. Bib.Tarshish;— Tarshish, 𝔊 usually Θαρσ(ε)ις (Is 23:1,…