תִּרְצָה
tir.tsah
Tirzah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Tirzah: A Biblical Place Name Tirzah (תִּרְצָה) appears 14 times in the Hebrew Bible as a proper noun designating a specific location. The lexical data indicates this is a geographical term rather than a common word with variable meanings—it functions exclusively as a place name throughout its biblical occurrences. The consistent use of Tirzah as a proper noun across 14 separate biblical references suggests it held significant enough importance to warrant repeated mention in the scriptural record. The frequency of its appearance indicates the location played a notable role in the narratives and historical accounts where it appears, though the lexical entry itself provides only the transliteration and basic identification without detailing the specific historical or geographical context of why the place mattered. For readers of the Hebrew Bible, Tirzah represents one of numerous geographical markers that anchor biblical narratives to specific locations. Understanding it as a distinct place name—rather than a word with metaphorical or abstract significance—is essential for following the spatial dimensions of biblical accounts. The entry's minimal definition reflects how proper nouns typically function in lexicons: they identify referents rather than convey semantic range or multiple applications.
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Occurrences in Scripture
14 total occurrences across the text
You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
Joshua 12:24the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.
1 Kings 14:17Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
1 Kings 15:21When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
1 Kings 15:33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
1 Kings 16:6Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.
1 Kings 16:9His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;
1 Kings 16:9His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;
1 Kings 16:15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
1 Kings 16:17Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
1 Kings 16:23In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah.
2 Kings 15:14Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, killed him, and reigned in his place.
2 Kings 15:16Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah, and all who were in it, and its border areas, from Tirzah. He attacked it because they didn’t open their gates to him, and he ripped up all their women who were with child.