Tarshish

[tahr-shish]

noun

1. an ancient country, of uncertain location, mentioned in the Bible. 1 Kings 10:22.

Tarshish

/ ˈtɑːʃɪʃ /

noun

1. an ancient port, mentioned in I Kings 10:22, situated in Spain or in one of the Phoenician colonies in Sardinia

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tarshish¹

From Late Latin Tharsis, from Greek Tharsís, from Hebrew Tarshīsh

Example Sentences

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Jonah knowing that the Lord did not always carry out his threats or perform his promises, did not wish to go to Nineveh, and “rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”

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The Tarshish for which Jonah intended his flight was either in Spain or India or elsewhere.

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To get to Tarshish, Jonah—instead of going to the port of Tyre, which was the nearest to his reputed dwelling, and by far the most commodious—went to the more distant and less convenient port of Joppa, where he found a ship going to Tarshish; “so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them into Tarshish, from the presence of the Lord.”

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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.

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