Midvash

פַּרְעֹשׁParʻôsh

Parosh, the name of our Israelite

Pronunciation: par-oshe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6551

Meanings

1. head of post-exilic family (Ezra 2:3; Nehemiah 7:8; Ezra 8:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 2:3 The family of Parosh 2,172
  • Ezra 8:3 a descendant of Shecaniah. From the family of Parosh: Zechariah and 150 other men were registered.
  • Ezra 10:25 These are the other people of Israel who were guilty: From the family of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.
  • Nehemiah 3:25 Palal son of Uzai carried on the work from a point opposite the angle and the tower that projects up from the king’s upper house beside the court of the guard. Next to him were Pedaiah son of Parosh,
  • Nehemiah 7:8 The family of Parosh 2,172
  • Nehemiah 10:14 The following leaders: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).