Editing Tarshish (section)

==Other usage==
* The Hebrew term has a homonym, ''tarshish'', occurring seven times and translated [[beryl]] in older English versions.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H8658&t=KJV |id=H8658 |article=tarshiysh |dictionary=Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (KJV) |via=Blueletterbible.org |access-date=2016-08-20 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>  According to {{Bibleverse|Exodus|28:20|HE}}, it is one of the precious stones set into the [[priestly breastplate]] ("the fourth row [shall be] a beryl [tarshish], and&nbsp;..."). It is associated with the Tribe of [[Asher]], and has been identified by the Septuagint and Josephus as the "gold stone" χρυσόλιθος (whose identification remains in dispute, possibly [[topaz]], probably not modern [[Chrysoberyl|chrysolite]]), and later as [[Aquamarines|aquamarine]].
* {{Bibleverse|1 Chronicles|7:10|HE}}, part of a genealogy, mentions in passing a Jewish man named Tarshish, son of Bilhan.
* {{Bibleverse|Esther|1:14|HE}} mentions in passing a Persian prince named Tarshish among the seven princes of Persia.
* Tarshish is the name of a village in [[Lebanon]], about {{Convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Beirut]]. It is located in the Baabda Kadaa at {{Convert|1,400|m|ft|abbr=on}} elevation.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4r6540gk#page-1 |title=Tarshish in the mountains of Lebanon: Attestations of a Biblical place name |last=Burke |first=Aaron |date=2006 |journal=Maarav}}</ref>
* Tarshish is a family name found among Jews of Ashkenazic descent. A variation on the name, Tarshishi, is found among the Lebanese, and likely indicates a family connection to the Lebanese village Tarshish.
* Tarshish was also the name of a short-lived political party<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reich |first1=Bernard |last2=Goldberg |first2=David H. |title=Historical Dictionary of Israel |date=2008 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, MD |isbn=9780810855410 |page=488 |edition=2nd}}</ref> founded by [[Moshe Dwek]], would-be assassin of Israeli Prime Minister [[David Ben-Gurion]].
* The [[Greek language|Greek]] form of the name, [[Tharsis]], was given by [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]] to a region on [[Mars]].
* The classic short story "Ship of Tarshish" by [[John Buchan]] refers to the [[Book of Jonah]].
* Around 1665, some followers of [[Sabbatai Zvi]] in [[İzmir]] prophesied that "''ships of Tarshish'', that is, with Dutch crews", would transport them to the [[Holy Land]].<ref name="Scholem">{{cite book |last1=Scholem |first1=Gershom Gerhard |last2=Werblowsky |first2=R. J. Zwi |title=Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah, 1626-1676 |year=1973 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-01809-6 |page=419 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2pAq_Og2AsC&pg=PA419 |access-date=25 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>