Phoros

PHOROS fo'-ros (Phoros; Codex Vaticanus (Swete) Phares (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 (8:30 the Revised Version (British and American)) equals "Parosh" of Ezra 2:3; 8:3, and some members of which had taken "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:26).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PHOROS'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.