Strong's Concordance Tarsos: Tarsus, a city of Cilicia Original Word: Ταρσός, Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Tarsos Phonetic Spelling: (tar-sos') Definition: Tarsus, a city of Cilicia Usage: Tarsus, the capital of the Roman province Cilicia. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definition Tarsus, a city of Cilicia NASB Translation Tarsus (3). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5019: ΤαρσόςΤαρσός, Ταρσου, ἡ (on its accent cf. Chandler §§ 317, 318), in secular authors also Ταρσοι, b. 104:5, 7) on the condition that it might retain its own magistrates and laws, but should acknowledge the Roman sovereignty and furnish auxiliaries in time of war. It is now called Tarso or Tersus, a mean city of some 6,000 inhabitants (others set the number very much higher). It was the birthplace of the apostle Paul: Acts 9:30; Acts 11:25; Acts 22:3. (BB. DD., under the word; Lewin, St. Paul, 1:78f cf. 2.) Perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor -- Tarsus. Englishman's Concordance Acts 9:30 N-AFSGRK: NAS: and sent him away to Tarsus. KJV: forth to Tarsus. INT: him to Tarsus Acts 11:25 N-AFS Acts 22:3 N-DFS Strong's Greek 5019 |