Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PAROSH pa'-rosh, par'-osh (par`osh, "flea" (leap)): a family that in part returned under Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:3 Nehemiah 7:8), and in part under Ezra (Ezra 8:3; there spelt "Pharosh," the King James Version). Some of the family had foreign wives (Ezra 10:25). One descendant, Pedaiah (see PEDAIAH, (3)), helped to rebuild the city walls (Nehemiah 3:25), and others were among those who "sealed" the covenant of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:1, 14). In 1 Esdras 5:9; 8:30; 9:26, "Phoros."

Multi-Version Concordance Parosh (6 Occurrences) Ezra 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Ezra 8:3 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males one hundred fifty. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV) Ezra 10:25 Of Israel: Of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 3:25 Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Nehemiah 10:14 The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)