1Ki 10:22 the king had .. a fleet of ships from T
2Ch 9:21 because the king’s fleet was going to T with the
Jon 1:3 to T .. and found a ship leaving for T
Tarshish (Heb. Tarshîsh, perhaps “over the sea” or “breaking”). It is a Phoenician word, derived in turn from Akkadian, which means “foundry”, “refinery”. This name was given to the localities where the Phoenicians developed mining activities, such as the southeast of Spain, Tunisia and the island of Sardinia. 1. Descendant or descendants of Javan (Gen 10:4; 1Ch 1:7). This Tarsis is generally related to the Tartessus of Spain, known to classical authors, a region located around the central and lower Baetis (the modern Guadalquivir River). This identification is probably correct, because when Jonah went to the port of Joppa and boarded a ship bound for Tarshish, his purpose was to flee to a far country (Jon 1:3), and Tarshish, located in Spain, at the other end of the Mediterranean, it could have been that place. According to Isa 60:9 and 66:19 it was a distant land. According to the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel, silver (Jer 10:9), iron, tin, and lead (Eze 27:12) came from Tarshish, by which they most likely meant the Tartessus of Spain. However, in 2Ch 9:21 it may refer to a region of Ophir, unless this verse is read in the same way as its parallel text in 1Ki 10:22, in which Tarshish is the name of the fleet of ships of Solomon. Map IV B-1. See Tarshish 2. Bib.: Herodotus iv.152. 2. The expression “ships from Tarshish” has been generally interpreted as referring to a large fleet of ships capable of sailing to Spain. Recently, however, it has been suggested that it should probably be translated as “refined ore fleet”, since that was the name given to the ships that brought metals from the world’s various refineries to markets. In some of the OT passages where these ships are mentioned, the Phoenicians collaborated with the Israelites in joint ventures (1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21), or owned or crewed them (Isa 23:1, 14). ; Eze 27:25). Other passages that mention these ships are 1Ki 22:48, Psa 48:7 and Isa 2:16 Bib.: WF Albright, BASOR 83 (1941):21, 22. 3. Benjaminite, son of Bilhan (1Ch 7:10) . 4. Name of one of the 7 notable princes of the Persian Empire at the time of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes; Est 1:14). Since it is applied to him, the name seems Persian, but its etymology is unknown.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
name of a man, of a stone and of a city. 1. Son of Javan, Gn 10, 4. 2. One of the seven princes of Persia and Media. King Ahasuerus especially enjoyed privileges, Est 1, 14. 3. Son of Bilhan, 1 Chr 7, 10. 4. Precious stone that is sometimes translated in the Bible as beryl, Ex 28, 20; 39, 13; Dt 10, 6. Other times it is translated as chrysolite, Ez 1, 16; 10, 9; 28, 13; and as sapphire, Ct 5, 14. 5. City that is not clearly identified, towards which Jonah embarked, with the purpose of fleeing from the presence of Yahweh, Jon 1, 3. It is assumed that T. was a port in the Mediterranean Sea, distant from Palestine.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
1. Son of Javan, great-grandson of Noah (Gen 10:4).
2. A place presumably in the western Mediterranean region, conjectured by many to be identifiable with Tartessos, an ancient city on the Atlantic coast of Spain (Jon 1:3).
3. Fleet of Tarshish seems to refer to large ships of the kind and size used in the Tarshish trade (1Ki 10:22).
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A great-grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 7:10).
5. One of the seven princes of Persia and Media who were in the presence of Xerxes, who was Ahasuerus (Est 1:14).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
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Port in the Mediterranean where one of the Magi came from: (Sal 72:10). It is thought that it could be Spain or Tunisia.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
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Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(Beryl, yellow jasper?). Name of people and places of the OT.
1. Second of the sons of †¢Javan (Gen 10:4).
. Name by which a distant region is designated in the Bible, a land from which great wealth was brought, linked in some way with †¢Javán, that is, Greece. The remoteness of this land forced the use of large ships, capable of long voyages, from which the name “ships of T.” came for ships with these characteristics (1Ki 10:22; 1Ki 22:48; Ps 48:7 ). But the word was used to refer to foreign lands, in a general sense, which is why it seems somewhat vague to us today. The Phoenicians were the ones who handled most of the trade with those distant lands, for which Tire is called “daughter of T.†, since she depended on that trade for her prosperity (Isa 23:10; Eze 27:12). From there it was brought “silver, iron, tin and lead” (Jer 10:9; Eze 27:12), from which it follows that T. was a Mediterranean country.
Solomon, associated with the Phoenician king †¢Hiram, sent ships to T., which brought †œgold, silver, ivory, monkeys and peacocks† . The time required for these expeditions (three years) indicates the remoteness of the lands (1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21). The term T. is used to designate distant lands that were in the Mediterranean, to the west. Thus, †¢Jonah took a ship at Joppa to go to T. (Jon 1:3). But it is also used to point to lands to the east, since King Jehoshaphat, in association with Ahaziah of Israel, tried to build ships at †¢Ezion-geber †œthat would go to T.† †œThe ships were broken and could not go to T.† (1Ki 22:48; 2Ch 20:35-37).
far away will come the expatriates of Israel, who will return in “ships of T.† to their land (Isa 60:9). God promises to send messengers to the nations, even to distant T., saying, “They will publish my glory among the nations” (Isa 66:19). “The kings of T. and of the coastlands shall bring presents” before the Messiah (Ps 72:10). Most scholars accept that the name of T. possibly comes from Tartesus, a Phoenician colony on the banks of the Guadalquivir, in Spain.
3. Character in the offspring of Benjamin (1Ch 7:10).
. One of the seven advisers to King Ahasuerus, “who saw the king’s face and sat down first in the kingdom” (Es 1:14).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, Phoenician term derived from Akkadian; pos. “refinery”. (a) People sprung from Javan (Gen. 10:4) and its territory. Jonah (Jon. 1:3) embarked from Joppa to reach Tarshish, at the point most opposite to Nineveh, and therefore in the west (cf. Is. 66:19). Silver beaten into sheets and plates (Jer. 10:9), iron, tin, lead (Ex. 27:12) were imported from Tarshish. Plausible identification: Tartessos, in southern Spain, not far from Gibraltar (Herodotus 4:152). The Phoenicians, attracted by the mining wealth of the region, founded a colony there. The term “ships of Tarshish” originally designated the ships that made the journey between this place and distant countries. Later the same expression was used to designate ships of greater tonnage, whatever their destination (Ps. 48:7; Is. 2:16; 23:1, 14; 60:9; Ez. 27:25). Jehoshaphat built ships of this class to send to Ophir, but they broke up in the roadstead of Ezion-geber (1 a. 22:49). The expression “ships from Tarshish” has been interpreted as “ships going to Tarshish” (2 Chr. 9:21; cf. 1 Kgs. 10:22) or “ships destined to go to Tarshish” (2 Chr. 20: 36). However, it is possible that the original meaning of the term “Tarshish”, applied to these ships, was “refinery ships”, the name of similar ships that communicated the mines and refineries of Sardinia and Phoenicia. Later they maintained communication with the refineries in southern Spain. A Phoenician inscription from the 9th century BC discovered in Nora, in Sardinia, speaks of a “tarshish” (or refinery) on this island. (b) Benjamite, son of Bilhan (1 Chron. 7:10). (c) One of the seven princes of Persia (Esther 1:14).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Greek city that traded with Tire (Gen 10.4 Jon. 1.3 and 4.2); Ez. 27.12). The location is very uncertain and its attributions vary from those who place it in “Tartesos” of the distant Betica of Iberia, or perhaps in Carthage, to those who placed it in the Black Sea or perhaps in Sicily.
The ships of Tarshish (1. Kings 10.22) are perhaps identified with the ships of Tire and Sidon, which from ancient times sailed in the Mediterranean in search of new products from distant lands.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
(from a root meaning: †œto shatter† ).
1. One of the four sons born to Javan after the Flood. (Ge 10: 4; 1Ch 1: 7) He He is included among the 70 heads of families from whom the nations †were scattered over the earth†. (Ge 10:32) As with the other sons of Javan, the name Tarshish was eventually applied to a people and a region.
2. Descendant of Benjamin and son of Bilhan. (1Ch 7:6, 10)
3. One of the seven princes and advisers to King Ahasuerus who considered the case of the rebellious Queen Vashti. (Esther 1:12-15.)
4. Region initially populated by the descendants of Tarshish, son of Javan and grandson of Japheth. There is some indication of the direction in which the descendants of Tarshish migrated during the centuries after the Flood.
The prophet Jonah (c. 844 BCE), commissioned by Jehovah to go to Nineveh, Assyria, attempted to evade his assignment by going to Joppa (modern Tel Aviv-Yafo), a Mediterranean seaport, where he purchased passage to † “a ship going to Tarshish.” (Jon 1:1-3; 4:2) Thus, it is obvious that Tarshish had to be in or adjacent to the Mediterranean and away from Nineveh. Besides, it must be easier to get to Tarshish by sea than by land. At Ezekiel 27:25, 26 the expression “the heart of the high sea” is used in connection with “the ships of Tarshish.” (Compare Ps 48:7; Jon 2:3.)
An inscription of the Assyrian emperor Esar-haddon (7th century BCE) boasts of his victories over Tire and Egypt, and states that all the kings of the islands from Cyprus “until Tarsisi” paid tribute to him. (Ancient Near Eastern Texts, ed. JB Pritchard, 1974, p. 290.) Since Cyprus is in the eastern part of the Mediterranean, it can be deduced from this reference that Tarshish was in the western part of that sea, so some scholars they identify it with the island of Sardinia.
Possible identification with Spain. Most scholars associate Tarshish with Spain, based on ancient references to a place or region in Spain that Greek and Roman writers called Tartessos. Although the Greek geographer Strabo (1st century BCE) located a city called Tartessos in the region of the river…