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(Heb. Parosh', ôִּøְòùׁ , flea; Sept. Öüñïò , but ÖáñÝò in Ezr_2:3; A.V. Pharosh,” in Ezr_8:3), a Jew whose retainers or descendants, in number 2172, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezr_2:3; Neh_7:8). Another detachment of 150 males, with Zechariah at their head, accompanied Ezra (Ezr_8:3). Seven of the family had married foreign wives (Ezr_10:25). They assisted in the building of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh_3:25), and signed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh_10:14), either individually, or perhaps representatively in the person of Parosh himself, if then surviving. B.C. ante 545-445.