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(pay' rahssh) Personal name meaning, “flea.” 1. Ancestor of a postexilic family (Ezra 2:3; Ezra 8:3; KJV, Pharosh; Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 7:8 ). 2 . One of the witnesses to Ezra's renewal of the convenant (Nehemiah 10:14 ), possibly the father of Pedaiah (Nehemiah 3:25 ). This Parosh was likely the chief member of the family above.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Parosh'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/p/parosh.html. 1991.

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