תַּרְשִׁישׁ

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.10;

son of: Bilhan (H1092H);

brother of: Jeush (H3266H), Benjamin (H1144H), Ehud (H0164H), Chenaanah (H3668H), Zethan (H2133) and Ahishahar (H0300)

§ Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper"

1) son of Javan

2) a Benjamite, son of Bilhan

3) one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia

4) a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee