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
But another word came to Jonah, a soft, luxurious, seductive word, luring him to Tarshish.
From The Whole Armour of God by Jowett, John Henry
Here the ships of Tarshish came, and from that trade in gold the river took, and still keeps its name—the Golden River.”
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux
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 Lord, Eleazar
"The ships of Tarshish," so he says to the city of Tyre, "were thy caravans; so wert thou replenished and very glorious in the midst of the sea."
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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