Parosh
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Parosh. The name of a post-exilic family ( Ezra 2:3 = Nehemiah 7:8 ) Ezra 8:3; Ezra 10:25 , Nehemiah 3:25; Nehemiah 10:14 . The Gr. form Phoros is adopted in Esther 5:9 Esther 5:9; 1Es 8:30; Esther 9:26 Esther 9:26 .
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
A family who returned from exile, one of whom sealed the covenant, and some had married strange wives. Ezra 2:3; Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 3:25; Nehemiah 7:8; Nehemiah 10:14 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Ezra 2:3 Ezra 8:3 Ezra 10:25 Nehemiah 7:8 2 Nehemiah 10:14 Nehemiah 3:25
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [4]
Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 7:8; Nehemiah 8:3; Nehemiah 10:25; Nehemiah 3:25; Nehemiah 10:14.
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [5]
We read of the tribe of Parosh, Ezra 2:3. Perhaps his name is derived from Parah, to produce; and Hash, moth; and if so, the meaning might be, life is but vanity.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
pā´rosh , par´osh ( פּרעשׁ , par‛ōsh , "flea" (leap)): a family that in part returned under Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 7:8 ), and in part under Ezra ( Ezra 8:3; there spelt "Pharosh," the King James Version). Some of the family had foreign wives ( Ezra 10:25 ). One descendant, Pedaiah (see Pedaiah , (3)), helped to rebuild the city walls ( Nehemiah 3:25 ), and others were among those who "sealed" the covenant of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:1 , Nehemiah 10:14 ). In 1 Esdras 5:9; 8:30; 9:26, "Phoros."
