Probably the same as H8658 (as the region of the {stone} or the reverse); {Tarshish} a place on the {Mediterranean} hence the epithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite: - {Tarshish} Tharshish.
Of foreign derivation; {Tartan} an Assyrian: - Tartan.
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Ezr 2:63And the TirshathaH8660 said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. ▼
Neh 7:70¶ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The TirshathaH8660 gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. ▼▼
Neh 8:9¶ And Nehemiah, which is the TirshathaH8660, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. ▼