Tarshish

Tar'shish (Heb. תִּרשַׁישׁ, Tarshish', subdued [Gesen.] or established [Fürst]; Sept. Θάρσεις [but Καρχηδών in Isaiah 23; Καρχηδόνιοι in Ezekiel; θάλασσα in Isa 2; Isa 16]; Vulg. usually Tharsis; A.V. "Tharshish," 1Ki 10:22; 1Ki 22:48; 1Ch 7:10; once Heb. תִּרשַׁישָׁה, Tarshishah', 1Ch 1; 1Ch 7), the name of three men, of a country, and of a gem.

1. Second-named of the four sons of Javan, the son of Japheth (Ge 10:4; 1Ch 1:7). B.C. post 2514. He may have been the founder of the city noticed below. See ETHNOLOGY.

2. Sixth-named of the seven sons of Bilhar, the grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 7:10). B.C. post 1875.