Barkos

BARKOS bar'-kos (barqoc, "party-colored" (?) compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 68, note 2):

The descendants of Barkos returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55). Compare Barchus (1 Esdras 5:32).

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