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fō´ros ( Φορός , Phorós ; Codex Vaticanus (Swete) Φαρές , Pharés (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 ( Ezra 8:30 the Revised Version (British and American)) = "Parosh" of Ezra 2:3; Ezra 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. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​p/phoros.html. 1915.
 
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