Ταρσός in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

Tarsus = "a flat basket"
1) a major city in Cilicia and the birthplace and early home of Paul. Act 9:11; Act 21:39; Act 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.
Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Strong

G5019
Perhaps the same as ταρσός tarsos (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor: - Tarsus.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
Tarsus93.596

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

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