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Barkos

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Barkos', בִּרְקוֹס prob. for בֶּןאּרְקוֹס, painter; Sept. Βαρκός, Βαρκουέ ), the head of one of the families of Nethinim that returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55). B.C. ante 536. Schwarz, however, regards it as the name of a place, identical with the modern village Berkusia, six miles north-west of Beit-Jebrin (Palestine, p. 116).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Barkos'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/barkos.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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