RASSES.A people subdued by Holofernes (Jdt_2:23).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ras?ēz (Ῥαασσείς, Rhaasseı́s, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus, Ῥασσείς, Rhasseı́s; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Tharsis; Old Latin Thiras et Rasis): The children of Rasses are mentioned with Put, Lud and the children of Ishmael as having been subdued by Holofernes (Judith 2:23).
Their identity is a matter of conjecture only. Some think Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Tharsis (= Tarsus) is meant, others Rosh (Eze_38:2, Eze_38:3; Eze_39:1), others Rhosos, a mountain range and city South from Anunus, on the Gulf of Issus. Most probably a district, not a town, is named, situated in the eastern part of Asia Minor.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.