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Parosh

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(flea). His children returned (Ezra 2:3³The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. (Ezra 2:3); Neh. 7:8⁸The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. (Nehemiah 7:8)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A family who returned from exile, one of whom sealed the covenant, and some had married strange wives (Ezra 2:3³The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. (Ezra 2:3); Ezra 10:25²⁵Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. (Ezra 10:25); Neh. 3:25²⁵Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. (Nehemiah 3:25); Neh. 7:8⁸The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. (Nehemiah 7:8); Neh. 10:14¹⁴The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, (Nehemiah 10:14)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a flea