In the bible, Parosh is the name of his sons (descendants) returned to Judah after captivity (EZR 2:3), as well as name of father of Pedaiah_4 (NEH 3:25), named on the sealed document of NEH 9:5-38 (NEH 10:14). Meaning of the name: a flea; the fruit of a moth. Related names are: Malchiah, Izziah,
Benaiah (and others ...)
. The translations of Parosh in 19 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from
Pha-Rốt in Vietnamese to
Φορος in Greek!
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. (EZR 2:3)
Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. (EZR 10:25)
Palal 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. (NEH 3:25)
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. (NEH 7:8)
The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, (NEH 10:14)