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1 Kings 10

1 Kings 10:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
had at sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
a navy
'oniy (Hebrew #590)
-a ship or (collectively)a fleet
KJV usage: galley, navy (of ships).
Pronounce: on-ee'
Origin: probably from 579 (in the sense of conveyance)
of Tharshish
Tarshiysh (Hebrew #8659)
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
KJV usage: Tarshish, Tharshish.
Pronounce: tar-sheesh'
Origin: probably the same as 8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)
a with the navy
'oniy (Hebrew #590)
-a ship or (collectively)a fleet
KJV usage: galley, navy (of ships).
Pronounce: on-ee'
Origin: probably from 579 (in the sense of conveyance)
of Hiram
Chiyram (Hebrew #2438)
another form of 2361; Chiram or Chirom, the name of two Tyrians
KJV usage: Hiram, Huram.
Pronounce: khee-rawm'
Origin: or Chiyrowm {khee-rome'}
: once
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
in three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
the navy
'oniy (Hebrew #590)
-a ship or (collectively)a fleet
KJV usage: galley, navy (of ships).
Pronounce: on-ee'
Origin: probably from 579 (in the sense of conveyance)
of Tharshish
Tarshiysh (Hebrew #8659)
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
KJV usage: Tarshish, Tharshish.
Pronounce: tar-sheesh'
Origin: probably the same as 8658 (as the region of the stone, or the reverse)
, bringing
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
, and silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
, δivory
shenhabbiym (Hebrew #8143)
probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk
KJV usage: ivory.
Pronounce: shen-hab-beem'
Origin: from 8127 and the plural apparently of a foreign word
, and apes
qowph (Hebrew #6971)
probably of foreign origin; a monkey
KJV usage: ape.
Pronounce: kofe
Origin: or qoph {kofe}
, and peacocks
tukkiy (Hebrew #8500)
probably of foreign derivation; some imported creature, probably a peacock
KJV usage: peacock.
Pronounce: took-kee'
Origin: or tuwkkiy {took-kee'}
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Gen. 10:4• 4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Gen. 10:4)
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2 Chron. 20:36• 36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. (2 Chron. 20:36)
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or, elephants' teeth.

More on:

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Ape,
Gold,
Hiram,
Ivory,
King,
Navy,
Peacocks,
Sea,
Silver,
Tarshish; Tharshish,
Tharshish,
Three,
Year

Cross References

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Tharshish.
1 Kings 22:48• 48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. (1 Kings 22:48)
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Gen. 10:4• 4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Gen. 10:4)
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2 Chron. 9:21• 21For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. (2 Chron. 9:21)
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2 Chron. 20:36‑37• 36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
 37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. (2 Chron. 20:36‑37)
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Psa. 48:7• 7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. (Psa. 48:7)
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Psa. 72:10• 10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. (Psa. 72:10)
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Isa. 2:16• 16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. (Isa. 2:16)
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Isa. 23:1,6,10• 1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
 6Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
 10Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. (Isa. 23:1,6,10)
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Isa. 60:9• 9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. (Isa. 60:9)
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Isa. 66:19• 19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. (Isa. 66:19)
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Ezek. 27:12• 12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. (Ezek. 27:12)
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Jonah 1:3• 3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. (Jonah 1:3)
Tarshish.
ivory.
or, elephant's teeth.
1 Kings 10:18• 18Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. (1 Kings 10:18)
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Amos 3:15• 15And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord. (Amos 3:15)
apes.{Kophim,} rather monkeys, the same as the Syriac [qwp',] Greek [kephos,] [kepos,] or [kebos,] and Roman {Cephus,} which animal both Pliny and Solinus inform us was brought from Ethiopia.
The same name appears in the monkeys, called {KEIIIEN} in the Prænestine Pavement, and in the French {cep} or {ceb.}peacocks.
Job 39:13• 13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? (Job 39:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For the king had on the sea a Tarshish-fleet, with the fleet of Hiram: once in three years came the Tarshish-fleet, bringing gold and silver, ivoryc, and apes, and peacocks.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "elephants' teeth."