fō´ros (ΦοÏοÌÏ‚, PhoroÌs; Codex Vaticanus (Swete) ΦαÏεÌÏ‚, PhareÌs (1 Esdras 8:30, where the King James Version Pharez)): Name of one of the families, part of whom went up from the exile with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:9) and part with Ezra ( the Revised Version (British and American)) = “Parosh†of ; , and some members of which had taken “strange wives†(1 Esdras 9:26).