H6551 H6551
Parosh — 'flea'; head of a large post-exilic family returning from Babylon
A personal name meaning 'flea,' identifying the ancestor of one of the largest families in the post-exilic community. The sons of Parosh numbered 2,172 in one census (Ezra 2:3) and 2,818 in another (Neh 7:8), making them one of the most prominent returning clans. Members appear in Ezra's caravan (Ezra 8:3), among those who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:25), and in the wall-rebuilding project under Nehemiah (Neh 3:25). A Parosh also sealed the covenant renewal (Neh 10:14). Despite the humble etymology, this family played an outsized role in restoring post-exilic Judah.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The personal name Parosh (פַּרְעֹשׁ, 'flea'), designating the ancestor of a major post-exilic family. The LXX renders it variously as Φορος and Φαρες. The family appears in the return lists (Ezra 2:3; Neh 7:8), Ezra's caravan (Ezra 8:3), the foreign-wives crisis (Ezra 10:25), the wall-building (Neh 3:25), and the covenant-sealing (Neh 10:14). English and Spanish consistently transliterate as Parosh/Paros, while French uses Pareosh. The name's zoological meaning ('flea') follows a pattern of humble animal names in Semitic personal nomenclature. 6×
AR["فَرْعوشَ", "فَرْعُوش", "فَرْعُوشَ"]·ben["পরিয়োশ", "পরোশের", "পর্ওশের"]·DE["[פרעש]"]·EN["Parosh"]·FR["Pareosh"]·heb["פרעש"]·HI["परोश", "परोश-के", "पर्योश-के"]·ID["Paros"]·IT["Parosh"]·jav["Paros"]·KO["바로쉬의", "바로스", "바로스-의", "바르어시", "바르어시의"]·PT["Parosh"]·RU["Парош", "Пароша"]·ES["Paros", "Parosh"]·SW["Paroshi", "wa-Paroshi"]·TR["Parosun", "Paroş", "Paroş'un"]·urd["فرعش", "فرعوش", "فرعوش-کے", "پَرعوش"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. פַּרְעֹשׁ n.pr.m. Φορος, Φαρες, etc. (flea; cf. GrayProp. N. 94);— 1. head of post-ex.. family Ezr 2:3 = Ne 7:8; Ezr 8:3; 10:25; Ne 3:25. 2. Ne 10:15.