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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

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Book
Word

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
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.

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