# תַּרְשִׁישׁ (tarshish)

Israeli respelling: tar-shish. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8658. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

a gem, perhaps the topaz

King James renderings: beryl.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tarshish-h8658

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 28:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/20) — And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
- [Exodus 39:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/39/13) — And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
- [Song of Solomon 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/14) — His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
- [Ezekiel 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/1/16) — The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and t…
- [Ezekiel 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/10/9) — And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearanc…
- [Ezekiel 28:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/28/13) — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx,…
- [Daniel 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/6) — His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet lik…