תַּרְשִׁישׁ
tar.shishjasperHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine7 occurrences4 books7 verses
Definition
probably of foreign derivation (compare H8659); a gem, perhaps the topaz
Traditional renderings: beryl.
Traditional renderings: beryl.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders תַּרְשִׁישׁ:
- χρυσόλιθοςchrusolithos“chrysolite”67%
- ἄνθραξanthrax“charcoal”33%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Exodus 28:20תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ · a beryl…and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
- Exodus 39:13תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ · a beryl…and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.
- Song of Solomon 5:14בַּתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ · with berylHis arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.
- Ezekiel 1:16תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ · of berylThe workmanship of the wheels looked like the gleam of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. Their workmanship looked like a wheel within a wheel.
- Ezekiel 10:9תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃ · like a berylThen I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
- Ezekiel 28:13תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ · berylYou were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
- Daniel 10:6כְתַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ · like berylHis body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.