A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4;

son of: Javan (H3120);

brother of: Elishah (H0473), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721)

§ Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper"

son of Javan

§ Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper"

1) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee

perhaps in Cyprus or Spain

2) a city somewhere near and accessible to the Red Sea to which ships constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf on the Red Sea were to sail

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.10;

son of: Bilhan (H1092H);

brother of: Jeush (H3266H), Benjamin (H1144H), Ehud (H0164H), Chenaanah (H3668H), Zethan (H2133) and Ahishahar (H0300)

§ Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper"

1) son of Javan

2) a Benjamite, son of Bilhan

3) one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia

4) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee

1a) perhaps in Cyprus or Spain

5) a city somewhere near and accessible to the Red Sea to which ships constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf on the Red Sea were to sail

תַּרְשִׁישׁ n.pr loc . a distant port, site not certainly known m in Benjamin Persian noble . .