number - 5019
orig_word - Ταρσός
word_orig - perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket)
translit - Tarsos
tdnt - None
phonetic - tar-sos'
part_of_speech - Noun Location
st_def - perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor:--Tarsus.
IPD_def - Tarsus = "a flat basket"
- 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.
English - Tarsus
letter - t
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usages - Tarsus
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id - 4918
strongs - 5019
base_word - Ταρσός
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usage - Tarsus