Ezra 2 · Verse 3

Ezra 2:3

The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

Ezra 2:3, King James Version

Ezra 2:3 in other translations

BSB	the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;
WEB	The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
ASV	The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.
YLT	Sons of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.
DARBY	The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
BBE	The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.
Webster	The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.

What does Ezra 2:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. The children--This word, as used throughout this catalogue, means "posterity" or "descendants."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 3 The children of Parosh - Where the word children is found in this table, prefixed to the name of a man, it signifies the descendants of that person, as from Ezra 2:3-21. Where it is found prefixed to a place, town, etc., it signifies the inhabitants of that place, as from Ezr 2:21-35.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 2:1-35

An account was kept of the families that came up out of captivity. See how sin lowers a nation, which righteousness would exalt!

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Ezra 2:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121

פַרְעֹ֔שׁfar.'OshParoshH6551

אַלְפַּ֕יִם'al.Pa.yimtwo thousandH505

מֵאָ֖הme.'Ahone hundredH3967

שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImseventyH7657

וּשְׁנָֽיִם\׃\ \סu.she.Na.yimand twoH8147

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezra 2:3

Ezra 8:3
Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
Ezra 10:25
Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
Nehemiah 7:8
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

children.The word children, in this table, when prefixed to the name of a man, signifies the descendants of that person, as from ver. 3-21; and when prefixed to the name of a town, place, etc., it signifies the inhabitants of that place, as from ver. 21-25.
Parosh.
8:3
Pharosh.
10:25; Ne 7:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Ezra 2:2
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
Ezra 2:3
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
Ezra 2:4
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

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Ezra 2:3 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Los hijos de Paros, dos mil ciento setenta y dos;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Les fils de Parhosh, 2 172;
German Elberfelder 1871	Die Söhne Parhosch, 2172.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	filii Pharos duo millia centum septuaginta duo.