Tarsos <5019>
Tarsov Tarsos
| Pronunciation: | tar-sos' |
| Origin: | perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket) |
| Reference: | - |
| PrtSpch: | n pr loc |
| In Greek: | tarson 2, tarsw 1 |
| In NET: | Tarsus 3 |
| In AV: | Tarsus 3 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Definition: | Tarsus = "a flat basket" 1) a major city in Cilicia and the birthplace and early home of Paul. Ac 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. perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor:-Tarsus. |
| Variations in Bible: | Tarsus (NET, KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV) |
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