bar´kus (Codex Vaticanus, ΒαχουÌÏ‚, BachouÌs; Codex Alexandrinus, ΒαÏχουεÌ, BarchoueÌ; the King James Version Charchus, from Aldine edition, ΧαÏκους, Charkous; 1 Esdras 5:32 = Barkos (; )): The descendants of Barchus (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem.