Lexical Definition

‎פַּרְעֹשׁ‎ Parʻôsh (par-oshe') Parosh ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎פַּרְעֹשׁ‎

Parosh, Pharosh.

• § Parosh or Pharosh = "flea"
• Parosh, the name of our Israelite

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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*.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References