noun · feminine
tarsas
GreekΤαρσός (tarsos)
Strong’sG5019
Tarsus
stem tars-3 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ταρσός, -οῦ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5019 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtar-sos'
Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor
Fromperhaps the same as ταρσός (a flat basket);
King JamesTarsus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | tarsas | tarsais |
| object accusative | tarsan2×Ταρσόν | tarsain |
| direct address vocative | tarsar | tarsair |
| of, belonging to genitive | tarsau | tarsaiu |
| to, for dative | tarsa1×Ταρσῷ | tarsai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
tarsa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
tarsan“Tarsus”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 9:30“Tarsus”epignōskaratois de tois adelfois katagala auton eis Kaisareian kai exapostelala auton eis Tarsan.When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
Acts 11:25“Tarsus”exerchata de eis Tarsan anazētara Saulon,Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
tarsa“Tarsus”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 22:3“Tarsus”Mis amō anēros Ioudaios, gennirētos en Tarsa tau Kilikiau, anatrefirētos de en ta polita houta para toin podoin Gamaliēl, paideuirētos kata akribeian tou patrōou nomou, zēlōtos huparcharōtos tou theou kathōs pantois vis avō sēmeron,“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.