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HebrewH6551Proper Noun (Masculine)

פַּרְעֹשׁ

par.osh

5Occurrences
H6551Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Parosh, the name of our Israelite

the same as H6550 (פַּרְעֹשׁ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

פַּרְעֹשׁ appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
3
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

Ezra 10:25BSB

And among the other Israelites, from the descendants of Parosh:Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah.

Ezra 2:3BSB

the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

Ezra 8:3BSB

of the descendants of Shecaniah;from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;

Nehemiah 3:25BSB

and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh

Nehemiah 7:8BSB

the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

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