Tarshish
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Tarshish
From Late Latin Tharsis, from Greek Tharsís, from Hebrew Tarshīsh
Example Sentences
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In anger, he took ship for Tarshish, thinking by this to make God lose him.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Cain went "out of the presence of the Lord," he went into the Land of Nod, but whether Tarshish is in that or some other country there is no evidence to determine.
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
It is likely enough that the fleets of lost Atlantis, if that mystical isle possessed a ship, resorted hither, for the copper and precious metals of Tarshish.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
The description begins with Tarshish, then of great renown, and ends with mentioning the ships of Tarshish.
From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Arno C. Gaebelein
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah, and he found a ship and went down into it to go unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.”
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
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