Strong's #5019: Tarsos (pronounced tar-sos')

perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket); Tarsus, a place in Asia Minor:--Tarsus.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Tarsos

Tarsus = "a flat basket"

1) a major city in Cilicia and the birthplace and early home of Paul. Acts 9:11; Acts 21:39; Acts 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.

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: perhaps the same as tarsos (a flat basket)

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

Acts 9:30: "Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus."
Acts 11:25: "departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:"
Acts 22:3: "which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in"