Parosh, Pharosh [Pā'rŏsh,Phā'rŏsh]—a fugitive or fruit of the north.

1. One whose clan returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:3; Neh. 7:8).
2. Another whose descendants returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:3).
3. One whose descendants had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:25).
4. The father of Pedaiah who helped to repair the city wall (Neh. 3:25).

Also the name of a family that, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant (Neh. 10:14).