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Lexicon :: Strong's H8656 - tirṣâ

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תִּרְצָה
Transliteration
tirṣâ
Pronunciation
teer-tsaw'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

תִּרְצָה Tirtsâh, teer-tsaw'; from H7521; delightsomeness; Tirtsah, a place in Palestine; also an Israelitess:—Tirzah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H8656 in the following manner: Tirzah (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H8656 in the following manner: Tirzah (18x).

  1. Tirzah = "favourable"

    proper feminine noun

    1. one of the [5]1 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh

      proper locative noun

    2. one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites

    3. a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel


1. [An error was made in the original document incorrectly stating "7 daughters". Num 26:33]

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תִּרְצָה Tirtsâh, teer-tsaw'; from H7521; delightsomeness; Tirtsah, a place in Palestine; also an Israelitess:—Tirzah.
STRONGS H8656: Abbreviations
† תִּרְצָה proper name, feminine and of a location (pleasure, beauty); —
1. feminine daughter of Selophehad of Gilead Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11; Joshua 17:3; Θερσα.
2. location old Canaanite city Joshua 12:24, early cap. of Northern Israel (until Omri) 1 Kings 14:17 (תִּרְצָ֫תָה), 1 Kings 15:21, 33; 1 Kings 16:6, 8, 9 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 16:15, 17, 23, Θαρσα, usually Θερσα; Menahem's base of operations 2 Kings 15:14, 16 (Θαρς(ε)ιλα 2 Kings 15:14, EusebOnom. 263, 62, ed. Lag compare Θαρσιλα, village of Samaritans in Batanea, and BuhlGeogr. 247 conjecture Tesîl, 20 miles east of Lake Gennesaret, but this too remote); in simile of beauty (omitted by Greek Version of the LXX) Songs 6:4 (|| יְרוּשָׁלַם); — site not certain; conjectured are: Tallûza, just north of Mt. Ebal (RobBR iii. 302 f.), Tayaṣir, approximately 10 miles further northeast, > eṭ-Ṭîre, south of Gerizim (see, on these, GASmGeogr. 355 BuhlGeogr. 203 AglenHast. DB. under the word).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

26:33; 27:1; 36:11

Joshua

12:24; 17:3

1 Kings

14:17; 15:21; 15:33; 16:6; 16:8; 16:9; 16:15; 16:17; 16:23

2 Kings

15:14; 15:14; 15:16

Song of Songs

6:4

H8656

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8656 matches the Hebrew תִּרְצָה (tirṣâ),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:33 - (LXX 26:37) And to Salpaad the son of Opher there were no sons, but daughters: and these were the names of the daughters of Salpaad; Mala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1 - And the daughters of Salpaad the son of Opher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, of the tribe of Manasse, of the sons of Joseph, came near; and these were their names, Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11 - So Thersa, and Egla, and Melcha, and Nua, and Malaa, the daughters of Salpaad, married their cousins;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:24 - the king of Thersa: all these were twenty-nine kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:3 - And Salpaad the son of Opher had no sons but daughters: and these are the names of the daughters of Salpaad; Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, that he left off building Rama, and returned to Thersa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - And in the third year of Asa king of Juda, Baasa the son of Achia begins to reign over Israel in Thersa, twenty and four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - And Baasa slept with his fathers, and [fn]they bury him in Thersa; and Ela his son reigns in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 - [fn]And Ela son of Baasa reigned over Israel two years in Thersa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - And Zambri, captain of half his cavalry, conspired against him, while he was in Thersa, drinking himself drunk in the house of Osa the steward at Thersa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - And Zambri reigned in Thersa seven days: and the army of Israel was encamped against Gabathon of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17 - And Ambri went up, and all Israel with him, out of Gabathon; and they besieged Thersa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - In the thirty-first year of king Asa, Ambri [fn]begins to reign over Israel twelve years: he reigns six years in Thersa.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - And Manaem the son of Gaddi went up out of Tharsila, and came to Samaria, and smote Sellum the son of Jabis in Samaria, and slew him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:16 - Then Manaem smote both Thersa and all that was in it, and its borders extending beyond Thersa, because they opened not to him: and he smote it, and ripped up the women with child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:4 - Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, beautiful as Jerusalem, terrible as armies set in array.
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