Phoros

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

—the name represented by Parosh in the parallel Hebrew lists. (1) (1 Esdras 5:9) an ancestral head whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:3; Neh. 7:8). (2) (1 Esdras 8:30) the family designation of Zechariah, who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:3). (3) (1 Esdras 9:26) a family whose members were among those who had married foreign women (Ezra 10:25).

Scripture cited

Ezra 2:3 Nehemiah 7:8 Ezra 8:3 Ezra 10:25

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