Bible Names

Parosh: meaning of the name

Parosh means “a flea; the fruit of a moth.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Parosh in Hebrew and Greek

פַּרְעֹשׁ H6551

Parʻôsh (par-oshe') — Parosh, the name of our Israelite

the same as H6550 (פַּרְעֹשׁ);

People named Parosh in the Bible

Parosh in Scripture

“Parosh” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • Ezra 2:3

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

  • 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 3:25

    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.

  • Nehemiah 7:8

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

  • Nehemiah 10:14

    The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath–moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,