Tarshish 8659 ## Tarshiysh {tar-sheesh'}; probably the same as 8658 (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.[ql ~~~~~~