Tarshish
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Tarshish
From Late Latin Tharsis, from Greek Tharsís, from Hebrew Tarshīsh
Example Sentences
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When they went home to their various campuses and laboratories, they took with them, like the ships of Tarshish, a freight of sound scientific gold & silver � along with a few peacocks and apes.
From Time Magazine Archive
In anger, he took ship for Tarshish, thinking by this to make God lose him.
From Time Magazine Archive
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
Jonah's profit probably hardly equaled that realized by the Archbishop of Canterbury, but he had money enough to pay his fare "from the presence of the Lord" to Tarshish.
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
But Jonah was on board the Joppa and Tarshish boat, and he "was fast asleep."
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
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