Genesis 10:4
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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Tarshish
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Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
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תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Tarshîysh · tar-sheesh'
24 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite
Strong's KJV usage: Tarshish, Tharshish.
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Strong's first: Genesis 10:4Strong's last: Jonah 4:2
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H8659
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
H8659
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
H8659
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
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