תַּרְשִׁישׁ
tarshîysh · tar-sheesh'
a gem, perhaps the topaz
Lexicon
Derivation: probably of foreign derivation (compare H8659 (תַּרְשִׁישׁ));
a gem, perhaps the topaz
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beryl.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy
The mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּרְשִׁישׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a beryl2 · 29%
- of a beryl2 · 29%
- with the beryl1 · 14%
- the beryl1 · 14%
- also was like the beryl1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.