GREEK · G5019
Ταρσός
Tarsos — Tarsus
Ταρσός, -oῦ Tarsus, a city of Cilicia: Act.9:30 11:25 22:3.† (AS)
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Tarsus
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GREEK · G5018
Ταρσεύς
Tarseus — of Tarsus
Ταρσεύς, -έως, ὁ (Ταρσός), of Tarsus: Act.9:11 21:39.† (AS)
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The chief city of Cilicia. It was distinguished for its wealth and for its schools of learning, in which it rivalled, nay, excelled even Athens and Alexandria, and hence was spoken of as “no mean city.” It was the native place of the Apostle Paul (Acts 21:39). It stood on the banks of the river Cydnus, about 12 miles north of the Mediterranean. It is said to have been founded by Sardanapalus, king of Assyria. It is now a filthy, ruinous Turkish town, called Tersous. (See PAUL.)
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.