Tiras
The youngest of the sons of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 12th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Named in the same verses as Gomer, Japheth, Javan, Madai, Magog, Meshech, and Tubal.
Computed from the data.
Family
Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.
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Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 4004 BC to AD 100, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
Begat counts Tiras in 2 tagged verses across 2 books.
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The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Tiras 2 |
| KJV | Tiras 2 |
| ASV | Tiras 2 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis1 verse
- 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
1 Chronicles1 verse
- 1:5
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
The youngest of the sons of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5).