bar´kus (Codex Vaticanus, Βαχούς , Bachoús ; Codex Alexandrinus, Βαρχουέ , Barchoué ; the King James Version Charchus , from Aldine edition, Χαρκους , Charkous ; 1 Esdras 5:32 = Barkos ( Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55 )): The descendants of Barchus (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem.