Tiras
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Tiras
Tiras tīʹrəs, tēʹrəs [Heb. tîrās; LXX Thiras; Luc. Theiras]. A son (or descendant, or nation) of Japheth listed in the Table of Nations (Gen. 10:2; 1 Ch. 1:5). Tiras probably should be equated with the Etruscans, who eventually settled in Italy after leaving Asia Minor (Lydia) (according to Herodotus


Tiras
Tiras (ti´ruhs), a son of Japheth who was the ancestor of a family group (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chron. 1:5). His name may be akin to Egyptian (Turusa) and Greek (Tyrsenoi) terms for a group of Aegean sea raiders sometimes called the Sea Peoples. See also Sea Peoples.

Tiras
TIRAS. One of the descendants of Japheth, the son of Noah (Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5). The eponym appears to refer to an Aegean sea-people on the W coast of Asia Minor, and is plausibly identified with the Tursha (Tw-rw-sh), who are mentioned in Egyptian inscriptions of the 13th cen. b.c. Rameses III lists

Tiras
TIRAS (Heb. tîrās). A son of Japheth, and brother of Gomer, Madai, Javan and Muški (Gn. 10:2; 1 Ch. 1:5), all probably N peoples (*Nations, Table of). The name is commonly identified with the Tursha (Trš.w) mentioned among the N invaders in the 13th century bc by Merenptah (*Egypt). These are in

Tiras
Tiras (Heb. tɩ̂rās)According to the Table of Nations, a son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5). His descendants are assumed to have been a component of the Sea Peoples (called Turusa in Egyptian inscriptions and the Tyrsenoi by the Greeks) of the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean.

Tiras
Tiras [tīˊrəs] (Heb. tîtās). According to the Table of Nations, a son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5). His descendants are assumed to have been a component of the Sea Peoples (called Turusa in Egyptian inscriptions and the Tyrsenoi by the Greeks) who were sea pirates in the Aegean and eastern

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