פַּרְעֹשׁ
parosh · flea
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6550 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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parosh (פַּרְעֹשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “flea”.
Used as a picture of something insignificant.
How to say it
pa·rosh
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A tiny jumping insect; a picture of something worthless.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 24:14
After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog! After a single flea!
- 1 Samuel 26:20
Now do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of YHWH; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea, as one pursues the partridge in the mountains.”