8658. tarshish

Strong's Lexicon

tarshish: Tarshish

Original Word: תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: tarshish
Pronunciation: tar-SHEESH
Phonetic Spelling: (tar-sheesh')
Definition: Tarshish
Meaning: a gem, the topaz

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
probably of foreign origin
Definition
(a precious stone) perhaps yellow jasper
NASB Translation
beryl (6).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. תַּרְשִׁישׁ noun masculine a precious stone, perhaps yellow jasper, or other gold-coloured stone (ᵐ5^L Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13 χρυσόλιθοχ, so Jos^{Ant. iii. 7}, 5 [168], see Petrie^{Hast. DB STONES, PRECIOUS} Myres^{Ency. Bib. ID. § 17} Dr^{Daniel 10:6}); — ׳כְּעֵין ת Ezekiel 1:6; ׳כְּעֵין אֵבֶן ת Ezekiel 10:9; in list of gems Ezekiel 28:13; Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13; in simile of resplendent body Daniel 10:6, compare Songs 5:14.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

beryl

Probably of foreign derivation (compare Tarshiysh); a gem, perhaps the topaz -- beryl.

see HEBREW Tarshiysh

Forms and Transliterations

בַּתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ בתרשיש כְתַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ כתרשיש תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃ תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ תרשיש תרשיש׃ bat·tar·šîš battarShish battaršîš chetarShish ḵə·ṯar·šîš ḵəṯaršîš tar·šîš tarShish taršîš

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 28:20
HEB: וְהַטּוּר֙ הָרְבִיעִ֔י תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ וְשֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה
NAS: row a beryl and an onyx
KJV: row a beryl, and an onyx,
INT: row and the fourth A beryl and an onyx jasper

Exodus 39:13
HEB: וְהַטּוּר֙ הָֽרְבִיעִ֔י תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה
NAS: row, a beryl, an onyx,
KJV: row, a beryl, an onyx,
INT: row and the fourth A beryl an onyx jasper

Songs 5:14
HEB: זָהָ֔ב מְמֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ מֵעָיו֙ עֶ֣שֶׁת
NAS: Set with beryl; His abdomen
KJV: set with the beryl: his belly
INT: of gold Set beryl his abdomen is carved

Ezekiel 1:16
HEB: וּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙ כְּעֵ֣ין תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ וּדְמ֥וּת אֶחָ֖ד
NAS: [was] like sparkling beryl, and all four
KJV: [was] like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four
INT: and their workmanship sparkling beryl form had the same

Ezekiel 10:9
HEB: כְּעֵ֖ין אֶ֥בֶן תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃
KJV: [was] as the colour of a beryl stone.
INT: the gleam stone of a beryl

Ezekiel 28:13
HEB: פִּטְדָ֞ה וְיָהֲלֹ֗ם תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֙הַם֙ וְיָ֣שְׁפֵ֔ה
NAS: and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx
KJV: and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx,
INT: the topaz and the diamond the beryl the onyx and the jasper

Daniel 10:6
HEB: וּגְוִיָּת֣וֹ כְתַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ וּפָנָ֞יו כְּמַרְאֵ֤ה
NAS: His body also [was] like beryl, his face
KJV: His body also [was] like the beryl, and his face
INT: his body beryl his face had the appearance

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8658
7 Occurrences

bat·tar·šîš — 1 Occ.
ḵə·ṯar·šîš — 1 Occ.
tar·šîš — 5 Occ.