Tarshish tar'-shish (tarshish):
(1) Eponym of a Benjamite family (1 Chronicles 7:10); Rhamessai, A and Lucian, Tharseis
(2) One of the "seven princes" at the court of Ahasuerus (Esther 1:14 Massoretic Text).
(3) The Hebrew name of a precious stone (Ezekiel 10:9 margin, English Versions of the Bible "beryl"; Exodus 28:20, Exodus 39:13, Ezekiel 1:16, Ezekiel 28:13, Song of Solomon 5:14, Daniel 10:6).
See STONES, PRECIOUS.