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Lexicon :: Strong's G5019 - tarsos

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Ταρσός
Transliteration
tarsos (Key)
Pronunciation
tar-sos'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Ταρσός Tarsós, tar-sos'; perhaps the same as ταρσός tarsós (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor:—Tarsus.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G5019 in the following manner: Tarsus (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G5019 in the following manner: Tarsus (3x).

  1. Tarsus = "a flat basket"

    1. a major city in Cilicia and the birthplace and early home of Paul. Acts 9:11; 21:39; 22:3. Even in the flourishing period of Greek history it was an important city. In the Roman civil wars, it sided with Caesar and on the occasion of a visit from him its name changed to Juliopolis. Augustus made it a free city. Its was renowned as a place of education under the early Roman emperors. Strabo compares it in this respect to Athens and Alexandria. Tarsus also was a place of much commerce. It was situated in a wild and fertile plain on the banks of the Cydnus. No ruins of any importance remain.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ταρσός Tarsós, tar-sos'; perhaps the same as ταρσός tarsós (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor:—Tarsus.
STRONGS G5019:
Ταρσός, Ταρσου, ἡ (on its accent cf. Chandler §§ 317, 318), in secular authors also Ταρσοι, ταρσῶν, αἱ, Tarsus, a maritime city, the capital of Cilicia during the Roman period (Josephus, Antiquities 1, 6, 1), situated on the river Cydnus, which divided it into two parts (hence, the plural Ταρσοι). It was not only large and populous, but also renowned for its Greek learning and its numerous schools of philosophers (Strabo 14, p. 613 (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians, p. 303f)). Moreover, it was a free city (Pliny, 5, 22), and exempt alike from the jurisdiction of a Roman governor, and the maintenance of a Roman garrison; although it was not a Roman 'colony'. It had received its freedom from Antony (Appendix, b. 104:5, 7) on the condition that it might retain its own magistrates and laws, but should acknowledge the Roman sovereignty and furnish auxiliaries in time of war. It is now called Tarso or Tersus, a mean city of some 6,000 inhabitants (others set the number very much higher). It was the birthplace of the apostle Paul: Acts 9:30; Acts 11:25; Acts 22:3. (BB. DD., under the word; Lewin, St. Paul, 1:78f cf. 2.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
9:30; 11:25; 22:3

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Strong's Number G5019 matches the Greek Ταρσός (tarsos),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:30 - When the believers[fn] heard about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus, his hometown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:25 - Then Barnabas went on to Tarsus to look for Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.
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