H7026 H7026
Keros, Qeros; a family head among post-exilic temple servants who returned from Babylonian captivity
This personal name identifies a family of Nethinim (temple servants) in the post-exilic community. The name appears in parallel lists of returnees in Ezra and Nehemiah with slight spelling variation (Qeros/Qeiros), typical of these duplicated genealogies. The Septuagint renderings show textual fluidity but general agreement on the name's form. Nothing else is known about this individual or family beyond their inclusion among temple servants. Like other Nethinim, they likely performed menial sanctuary duties supporting Levitical worship.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Ezra 2:44 and Nehemiah 7:47 list Qeros/Qeiros among temple servants returning with Zerubbabel. The slight spelling difference (qaf vs. qof initial letter) represents minor scribal variation in parallel lists. Spanish 'Queros/Querós,' French and German transliterations preserve the name without interpretation. Both passages embed this name in lengthy genealogical catalogs documenting the exilic return community. The name appears nowhere else, suggesting this family had no prominence beyond their service role. The parallel listing confirms textual reliability despite orthographic variation. This is purely genealogical-administrative data, establishing family credentials for post-exilic community membership and temple service rights. 2×
AR["قيروسَ", "قِيرُوسَ"]·ben["কেরোসের"]·DE["[קירס]", "[קרס]"]·EN["Keros", "Qeros"]·FR["[קירס]", "[קרס]"]·heb["קירס", "קרס"]·HI["केरोस-के"]·ID["Keros"]·IT["[קירס]", "[קרס]"]·jav["Keros"]·KO["게로스", "게로스의"]·PT["Keros", "Qeros"]·RU["Кероса"]·ES["Queros", "Querós"]·SW["Kerosi"]·TR["Keros'un", "Kerosun"]·urd["قیروس-کے"]
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
† קֵרֹס n.pr.m. post-ex., Ezr 2:44, Καδης, A Κηραος; = קֵירֹס Ne 7:47, Κειρα(ς), 𝔊L (both) Κορες.