Quick Definition
Ταρσός, οῦ, ἡ n.f. Tarsus
Strong's Definition
perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor
KJV Usage: Tarsus
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ταρσός Tarsos 3x
Tarsus, the chief city of Cilicia, and birth-place of the Apostle Paul, Acts 9:30; 11:25; 22:3*. See PhotoGuide.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ταρσός, -οῦ Tarsus, a city of Cilicia: Ac 9:30 11:25 22:3.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Ταρσός (Tarsos) — Tarsus. ταρσ-ός, Attic dialect ταρρός, ὁ: also with irregular plural ταρσά, τά, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: (τέρσομαι):— frame of wicker-work, crate, flat basket, for drying cheeses on, ταρσοὶ μὲν τυρῶν βρῖθον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, basket, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. mat of reeds, such as were built into brickwork to bind it together, ταρσοὶ καλάμων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. καλάμου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. mass of matted roots, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. of various broad flat surfaces, resembling a ταρσός [Refs]
II.1. τ. ποδός flat of the foot. the part between the toes and the heel, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (but also, palm of the hand, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: generally, foot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.1. b palm of the hand, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.1. c ankle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but distinguished from σφυρόν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. τοὺς τ. τῶν κωπέων the rows of oars on the sides of ships, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τοὺς τ. alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sing., oar, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. τ. πτερύγων flat of the outstretched wing, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: absolutely, wing, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: of a peacock's tail, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ταρσοί feathers, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.4. τ. ὀδόντων the row of teeth in a saw, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.5. Pan's pipe, ταρσῷ Πὰν ὁ μελιζόμενος [Refs]
II.6. edge of the eyelid and its lashes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]