What does Ταρσός (Tarsós) mean in the Bible?
Ταρσός (Tarsós) is a Greek word meaning "Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor".
Greek · G5019
Ταρσός
Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor
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Ταρσός G5019
Pronunciation Tarsós
What does Ταρσός (Tarsós) mean in the Bible?
Ταρσός (Tarsós) is a Greek word meaning "Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5019?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Tarsus (3).
Where does Ταρσός (Tarsós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 9:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Tarsus 3× Acts 9:30, Acts 11:25, Acts 22:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 9:30
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Acts 3
Source forms
Ταρσόν 1x Tarson Acts 9:30
Ταρσὸν 1x Tarson Acts 11:25
Ταρσῷ 1x Tarsō Acts 22:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Acts 9:30, Acts 11:25
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 22:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor
Strong's G5019
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 21:37-40 Source Gloss
Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor
Extended definition
:--Tarsus.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 9:30 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ταρσόν. tarson
Tarsus
Read verse Acts 11:25 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
Ταρσὸν tarson
Tarsus
Read verse Acts 22:3 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
Ταρσῷ tarsw
Tarsus
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 22:3 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 9:30 · Acts 11:25 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
A city in Cilicia.
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Why This Word Matters
Clarifies Paul’s background and legal standing. Acts 21:37-40
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain