Parʻôsh — H6551

Definition

masculine proper noun

Parosh, the name of our Israelite

1. Parosh or Pharosh = "flea"
2. ancestor of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel and a 2nd group who returned with Ezra
3. a leader of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Parosh, Pharosh

Origin

the same as H6550

• Same as Parʻôsh (H6550)

Occurrences

Parʻôsh occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (3), Nehemiah (3)

• Ezra 2:3 — The children of Parosh (פַרְעֹ֔שׁ), two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
• Ezra 8:3 — Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh (פַרְעֹ֖שׁ); Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
• Ezra 10:25 — Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh (פַרְעֹ֡שׁ); Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
• Nehemiah 3:25 — Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh (פַּרְעֹֽשׁ).
• Nehemiah 7:8 — The children of Parosh (פַרְעֹ֔שׁ), two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
• Nehemiah 10:14 — The chief of the people; Parosh (פַּרְעֹשׁ֙), Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,