Tarshish

E120653
biblical place maritime region

Tarshish is a distant, possibly western maritime region mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a far-off destination associated with seafaring and trade.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tarshish canonical 2
Biblical Ophir 1
Tartessos 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical place ⓘ
maritime region ⓘ
appearsInBook Books of Chronicles ⓘ
surface form: Book of Chronicles

Megillat Esther ⓘ
surface form: Book of Esther

Book of Ezekiel ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Isaiah ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Book of Jonah ⓘ
Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form: Book of Kings

Psalms ⓘ
surface form: Book of Psalms
associatedWith Phoenician trade networks ⓘ
long-distance maritime trade ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
trade ⓘ
category ancient maritime regions ⓘ
places in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
describedAs distant region ⓘ
far-off destination ⓘ
distanceConnotation extreme remoteness ⓘ
etymologyStatus uncertain ⓘ
languageContext Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
mentionedWith apes ⓘ
gold ⓘ
iron ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
lead ⓘ
peacocks ⓘ
ships ⓘ
silver ⓘ
tin ⓘ
notableStory destination of Jonah’s attempted flight from the presence of the Lord ⓘ
perceivedDirection westward from the Levant ⓘ
possibleLocation Carthaginian sphere ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Tarshish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tartessos

southern Spain ⓘ
western Mediterranean region ⓘ
relatedConcept ships of Tarshish ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInText symbol of distant lands ⓘ
symbol of maritime power ⓘ
symbol of wealth ⓘ
shipsOfTarshishMeaning large seagoing merchant vessels ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age Levantine context ⓘ
uncertainty exact historical location debated by scholars ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Jonah → featuresLocation → Tarshish ⓘ
Great Zimbabwe → misattributedOriginInColonialPeriod → Tarshish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biblical Ophir
Tarshish → possibleLocation → Tarshish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tartessos
prophet Jonah → associatedWithPlace → Tarshish ⓘ
subject surface form: Jonah