Tarshish 08659 ## Tarshiysh {tar-sheesh'} ; probably the same as 08658 (as the region of the stone , or the reverse) ; Tarshish , a place on the Mediterranean , hence , the ephithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port) ; also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite : -- {Tarshish} , Tharshish .