תַּרְשִׁישׁtarshîysh
a gem, perhaps the topaz
Pronunciation: tar-sheesh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8658
Meanings
a precious stone, perhaps yellow jasper, or other gold-coloured stone (Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13; Daniel 10:6; Ezekiel 1:6; Ezekiel 10:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 28:20 The fourth row will contain a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones will be set in gold filigree.
- Exodus 39:13 The fourth row contained a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones were set in gold filigree.
- Song of Solomon 5:14 His arms are like rounded bars of gold, set with beryl. His body is like bright ivory, glowing with lapis lazuli.
- Ezekiel 1:16 The wheels sparkled as if made of beryl. All four wheels looked alike and were made the same; each wheel had a second wheel turning crosswise within it.
- Ezekiel 10:9 I looked, and each of the four cherubim had a wheel beside him, and the wheels sparkled like beryl.
- Ezekiel 28:13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone— red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone, blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper, blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald— all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were created.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).