8658. tarshish
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tarshish: (a precious stone) perhaps yellow jasper
Original Word: תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: tarshish
Phonetic Spelling: (tar-sheesh')
Short Definition: beryl

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
probably of foreign origin
Definition
(a precious stone) perhaps yellow jasper
NASB Translation
beryl (6).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. תַּרְשִׁישׁ noun masculine a precious stone, perhaps yellow jasper, or other gold-coloured stone (ᵐ5L 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.



Strong's
beryl

Probably of foreign derivation (compare Tarshiysh); a gem, perhaps the topaz -- beryl.

see HEBREW Tarshiysh

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