TIRAS tī’ rəs (תִּירָֽס). A son of Japheth; also his descendants (Gen 10:2; 1 Chron 1:5). Various views of their identity have been suggested, but none has met with universal acceptance. Some writers have identified them with the Tracians (Jos. Antiq. I. vi. 1); some with the piratical Turusha who invaded Syria and Egypt in the 13th cent. b.c. Others have connected them with Tarsus, with Tarshish, and with the progenitor of the Etruscans.