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Lexicon :: Strong's H8658 - taršîš

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תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Transliteration
taršîš
Pronunciation
tar-sheesh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign derivation [compare תַּרְשִׁישׁ (H8659)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2546

Strong’s Definitions

תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshîysh, tar-sheesh'; probably of foreign derivation (compare H8659); a gem, perhaps the topaz:—beryl.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H8658 in the following manner: beryl (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H8658 in the following manner: beryl (7x).
  1. a precious stone or semi-precious gem

    1. perhaps a chrysolite, yellow jasper, or other yellow coloured stone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshîysh, tar-sheesh'; probably of foreign derivation (compare H8659); a gem, perhaps the topaz:—beryl.
STRONGS H8658: Abbreviations
† I. תַּרְשִׁישׁ noun masculine a precious stone, perhaps yellow jasper, or other gold-coloured stone (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13 χρυσόλιθοχ, so JosAnt. iii. 7, 5 [168], see PetrieHast. DB STONES, PRECIOUS MyresEncy. Bib. ID. § 17 DrDaniel 10:6); — כְּעֵין ת׳ Ezekiel 1:6; כְּעֵין אֵבֶן ת׳ Ezekiel 10:9; in list of gems Ezekiel 28:13; Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13; in simile of resplendent body Daniel 10:6, compare Songs 5:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

28:20; 28:20; 39:13; 39:13

Song of Songs

5:14

Ezekiel

1:6; 10:9; 28:13

Daniel

10:6; 10:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8658 matches the Hebrew תַּרְשִׁישׁ (taršîš),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:20 - and the fourth row a beryl and an onyx and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:13 - and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were mounted in settings of gold filigree.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 -

“His hands are rods of gold

Set with beryl;

His abdomen is a figure of carved ivory

Inlaid with sapphires.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:16 - Regarding the appearance of the wheels and their construction: they gleamed like chrysolite (beryl, olivine); and the four were made alike. Their appearance and construction were a wheel [set at a right angle] within a wheel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:9 -

Then I looked and behold, [there were] four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub and another wheel beside each other cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a sparkling Tarshish stone (beryl).

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 -

“You were in [fn]Eden, the garden of God;

Every precious stone was your covering:

The ruby, the topaz, and the diamond;

The beryl, the onyx, and the jasper;

The lapis lazuli, the turquoise, and the emerald;

And the gold, the workmanship of your [fn]settings and your sockets,

Was in you.

They were prepared

On the day that you were created.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:6 - His body also was like beryl [with a golden luster], his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and his feet like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the noise of a multitude [of people or the roaring of the sea].
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