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

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.25
• father of: Pedaiah (פְּדָיָה)

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

Profile

Male • Returned builder • A man involved in repairing Jerusalem's wall

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Parosh, a man who made repairs near the house of Pedaiah son of Parosh.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.25;
• only referred to as Parosh פַּרְעֹשׁ;
• father of Pedaiah פְּדָיָה.

Parosh was a man mentioned in Nehemiah 3:25 who made repairs to the wall of Jerusalem. He worked on the section of wall near the house of Pedaiah son of Parosh, which was next to the angle and the tower projecting from the upper palace near the court of the guard.

All entries for Parosh: פַּרְעֹשׁ

Related Profiles:

• Pedaiah (child)