{"derivation": "perhaps the same as (a flat basket);", "kjv_def": "Tarsus", "lemma": "\u03a4\u03b1\u03c1\u03c3\u03cc\u03c2", "frequency": 3, "strongs_def": " Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor", "outline": "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.
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