5019 Tarsos {tar-sos'}   
   
或許與 tarsos(淺的籃) 同;; 專有地名   
   
AV - Tarsus 3; 3   
   
大數（塔瑟斯）= "淺的籃"   
1) 在西里西亞的一個主要城巿，也是保羅的出生地及早年的家鄉。   
   使徒行傳 9:11; 21:39; 22:3. 甚至在希臘歷史的豐盛時期曾   
   是個重要城巿。在羅馬內戰時，它是屬該撒這一邊的，而且在   
　 該撒來訪的時候，改了城巿的名為茱利奧波利斯。亞古士督讓   
   這城成為自由城巿。在早期羅馬皇帝統轄之下，是個著名的教   
   育城。斯特拉波將它視為與雅典及亞歷山大港一樣的。大數也   
   是繁榮的商業地。位於西德努斯河岸之寬闊與肥沃的平原上。   
   重要的遺跡沒遭破壞。


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.