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Strong's #6551 - פַּרְעשׁ

Transliteration
Parʻôsh
Phonetics
par-oshe'
Origin
the same as (H6550)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. Parosh or Pharosh = "flea"
    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

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (5)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 2
BSB (6)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 3
CSB (2)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 3
ESV (5)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 2
KJV (6)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 3
LEB (6)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 3
LSB (6)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 3
N95 (6)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 3
NAS (6)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 3
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (6)
Ezra 3
Nehemiah 3
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 II. מַּרְעשׁ proper name, masculine φορος, φαρες, etc., (flea; compare Gray Prop. N. 94); —

1 head of post-exilic family Ezra 2:3 = Nehemiah 7:8; Ezra 8:3; Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 3:25.

2 Nehemiah 10:15.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פַּרְעשׁ m.

(1)  a flea, so called from its springing [ 1 Samuel 24:14, 26:20 ]. Arab. بُرْغُوثُ Syriac transp. ܦܽܘܪܬܰܥܢܐܳ.

(2) [Parosh], pr.n. m. Ezra 2:3, 10:25 Nehemiah 3:25.


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List of Word Forms
פַּרְעֹֽשׁ׃ פַּרְעֹשׁ֙ פַרְעֹ֔שׁ פַרְעֹ֖שׁ פַרְעֹ֡שׁ פרעש פרעש׃ farOsh p̄ar‘ōš p̄ar·‘ōš parOsh
 
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