Hebrew word · H8494

תִּירָ֑ס

vetiras

Tiras

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2;

son of: Japheth (H3315);

brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422) and Meshech (H4902)

§ Tiras = "desire"

son of Japheth and grandson of Noah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 10:2 וְתִירָֽס׃ and Tiras

    The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

    Here: The least certain name on the list. Proposals include the Tursha/Teresh among the 'Sea Peoples' in Egyptian records, the Tyrsenoi (an Aegean people the Greeks linked with the Etruscans), and the Thracians, which was Josephus's view. In any case it points west across the sea.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:5 וְתִירָֽס׃ ס and Tiras

    The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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