Acts 9:30

Ἐπιγνόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ κατήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς Καισάρειαν, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτὸν εἰς Ταρσόν.

RBT Translation:

καταγώ - Leading down into the Nether World

And the Brothers, those who were thoroughly acquainted, led himself down into Dictatorship City ("Caesarea"), and dispatched himself into Flat Basket ("Tarsus").⁴⁰

ταρσός - flat reed basket, wicker frame

"she's there"

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the brethren having known, brought him down to Cesarea, and they sent him forth to Tarsus.

LITV Translation:
But knowing, the brothers led him down to Caesarea and sent him forth to Tarsus.

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Ταρσεύς literally derives from ταρσός, a neuter noun meaning “frame of wicker, crate, or flat basket”, originally used for:

1. Practical applications – drying cheese (Od. 9.219, Theoc. 11.37) or as mats of reeds in brickwork (Hdt. 1.179; Thuc. 2.76).

2. Extended meanings – any flat, supportive, or layered structure, including the flat of the foot, rows of feathers, eyelid edges, or rows of oars.

As a proper name (Ταρσεύς) or ethnonym, the term likely reflects a toponymic or descriptive origin:

• Literal sense: “place of mats or flat frames” (i.e., a site characterized by reed mats, flatlands, or basketry).

• Metaphorical sense: may convey a structured or layered space, or by extension, a person or people associated with such a place.

Thus, Ταρσεύς could be understood as “one from the place of flat frames/mats”, linking the material/structural sense of ταρσός to a toponymic or tribal identity.

(cf. LSJ ταρσός)