13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
H8658
תַּרְשִׁישׁ
tarshiysh
tar-sheesh'
Noun Masculine
probably of foreign derivation (compare H8659); a gem, perhaps the topaz:--beryl.
- a precious stone or semi-precious gem
- perhaps a chrysolite, yellow jasper, or other yellow coloured stone
Strong's Number H8658 Bible Verses
H8659
תַּרְשִׁישׁ
Tarshiysh
tar-sheesh'
probably the same as H8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse); Tarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite:--Tarshish, Tharshish.
Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" n pr m
- son of Javan
- a Benjamite, son of Bilhan
- one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia n pr loc
- a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee
- site unknown but perhaps in Cyprus or Spain
- 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
Strong's Number H8659 Bible Verses