5019 Tarsos {tar-sos'}

或许与 tarsos(平底篮子) 同; 专有地名

钦定本 - Tarsus 3; 3

大数= "平底篮子"
1) 在西里西亚的一个主要城巿，也是保罗的出生地及早年的家乡。
   使徒行传 9:11; 21:39; 22:3. 甚至在希腊历史的兴盛时期曾
   是个重要城巿。在罗马内战时，它是属该撒这一边的，而且在
　 该撒来访的时候，改了城巿的名为茱利奥波利斯。亚古士督让
   这城成为自由城巿。在早期罗马皇帝统辖之下，是个着名的教
   育城。斯特拉波将它视为与雅典及亚历山大港一样的。大数也
   是繁荣的商业地。位于西德努斯河岸之宽阔与肥沃的平原上。
   如今没什么重要的遗迹存留。

5019 Tarsos {tar-sos'}

perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket);; n pr loc

AV - Tarsus 3; 3

Tarsus = "a flat basket"
1) a major city in Cilicia and the birthplace and early home of Paul.
   Acts 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.