Barchus

BARCHUS bar'-kus (Codex Vaticanus, Bachous; Codex Alexandrinus, Barchoue; the King James Version Charchus, from Aldine edition, Charkous; 1 Esdras 5:32 = Barkos (Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55)):

The descendants of Barchus (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem.

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