פַּרְעֹשׁ

par.oshProper Noun (Masculine)H6551

Parosh

From: the same as H6550 (פַּרְעֹשׁ);

Short Definition

Parosh, the name of our Israelite

Full Lexicon Entry

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

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

5 times

Appears 5 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Ezra
3
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

  • Ezra 10:25
  • Ezra 2:3
  • Ezra 8:3
  • Nehemiah 3:25
  • Nehemiah 7:8

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.