Greek Dictionary (Lexicon-Concordance)Key Word Studies (Translations-Definitions-Meanings)» G5019 «#5019 Ταρσός Tarsos {tar-sos'} perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket); TDNT - n/a; n pr loc —Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
Tarsus = "a flat basket"
1) a major city in Cilicia and the birthplace and early home of Paul.
Acts 9:11; 21:39; 22:3. Even in the flourishing period of Greek
history it was an important city. In the Roman civil wars, it
sided with Caesar and on the occasion of a visit from him its name
changed to Juliopolis. Augustus made it a free city. Its was
renowned as a place of education under the early Roman emperors.
Strabo compares it in this respect to Athens and Alexandria.
Tarsus also was a place of much commerce. It was situated in a
wild and fertile plain on the banks of the Cydnus. No ruins of any
importance remain.
—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
Perhaps the same as ταρσός [[tarsos]] (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor:—Tarsus.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek DictionariesCopyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation — All rights reserved — http://www.lockman.org—Exhaustive Concordance (KJV Translation Frequency & Location)
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