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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 Box Num 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:33 - Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1 - Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11 - for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to the sons of their father’s brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:24 - the king of Tirzah, one—all the kings, thirty-one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:3 - But Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:17 - Then Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Then Elah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 - In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel, and reigned two years in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - Now his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah seven days. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17 - Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and reigned twelve years. Six years he reigned in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; and he reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:16 - Then from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, all who were there, and its territory. Because they did not surrender, therefore he attacked it. All the women there who were with child he ripped open.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:4 - The Beloved
O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,
Lovely as Jerusalem,
Awesome as an army with banners!
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