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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 - (One of Hepher’s descendants, Zelophehad, had no sons, but his daughters’ names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1 - One day a petition was presented by the daughters of Zelophehad—Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Their father, Zelophehad, was a descendant of Hepher son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:11 - Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah all married cousins on their father’s side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:24 - The king of Tirzah. In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:3 - However, Zelophehad, a descendant of Hepher son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons. He had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:17 - So Jeroboam’s wife returned to Tirzah, and the child died just as she walked through the door of her home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - Baasha son of Ahijah began to rule over all Israel in the third year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. Baasha reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah. Then his son Elah became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 - Elah son of Baasha began to rule over Israel in the twenty-sixth year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned in the city of Tirzah for two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - Then Zimri, who commanded half of the royal chariots, made plans to kill him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk at the home of Arza, the supervisor of the palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - Zimri began to rule over Israel in the twenty-seventh year of King Asa’s reign in Judah, but his reign in Tirzah lasted only seven days. The army of Israel was then attacking the Philistine town of Gibbethon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:17 - So Omri led the entire army of Israel up from Gibbethon to attack Tirzah, Israel’s capital.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - Omri began to rule over Israel in the thirty-first year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. He reigned twelve years in all, six of them in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Then Menahem son of Gadi went to Samaria from Tirzah and assassinated him, and he became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:16 - At that time Menahem destroyed the town of Tappuah[fn] and all the surrounding countryside as far as Tirzah, because its citizens refused to surrender the town. He killed the entire population and ripped open the pregnant women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:4 - Young Man
You are beautiful, my darling,
like the lovely city of Tirzah.
Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem,
as majestic as an army with billowing banners.
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