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פַּרְעֹשׁ

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Parosh

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.3 § Parosh or Pharosh = "flea" 1) ancestor of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel and a 2nd group who returned with Ezra 2) a leader of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. פַּרְעשׁ proper name, masculine φορος, φαρες, etc., (flea; compare Gray^{Prop. N. 94}); —

1. head of post-exilic family Ezra 2:3 = Neh 7:8; Ezra 8:3; Ezra 10:25; Neh 3:25.

2. Neh 10:15.

1 occurrence

Ezra 8:3