Tarshish

[ tahr-shish ]

/ ˈtɑr ʃɪʃ /

an ancient country, of uncertain location, mentioned in the Bible. I Kings 10:22.

Example sentences from the Web for tarshish

No one knows were Nod was situated, nor can the most learned archaeologists denote the actual position of Tarshish.

Bible Romances |George W. Foote
Ophir is supposed to have been Malacca, whence ships brought gold to Tarshish.

My First Voyage to Southern Seas |W.H.G. Kingston
They will bring all the ships of Tarshish, the merchants of this world, into the harbor of hearing.

Sermons of Christmas Evans |Joseph Cross
What I want now is to get to Tarshish, and to find adventures to divert me.

The Adventures of Captain Mago |Lon Cahun

The islands and the ships of Tarshish wait to bring thy children from afar, their gold and their silver with them.

The History of Antiquity |Max Duncker

Tarshish

/ (ˈtɑːʃɪʃ) /

an ancient port, mentioned in I Kings 10:22, situated in Spain or in one of the Phoenician colonies in Sardinia