{
  "id": "dict_004259",
  "term": "Parosh",
  "slug": "parosh",
  "letter": "P",
  "entry_type": "biblical_family_or_clan",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Parosh is a biblical family or clan listed among the returned exiles in the postexilic restoration period.",
  "simple_one_line": "A postexilic Israelite family named in Ezra-Nehemiah.",
  "tooltip_text": "A clan listed among the Jews who returned from Babylon and took part in restoration-era commitments.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Ezra",
    "Nehemiah",
    "Returned exiles",
    "Postexilic period",
    "Genealogy"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Babylonian exile",
    "Restoration",
    "Temple rebuilding",
    "Covenant renewal"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Parosh is the name of a family or clan in the postexilic community of Israel. It appears in the lists of returned exiles and in later records connected with worship, settlement, and covenant renewal in Ezra and Nehemiah.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Biblical family/clan name associated with the return from Babylonian exile.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Named among the returned exiles",
    "Appears in restoration-era records in Ezra-Nehemiah",
    "Reflects the continuity of Israel’s families after exile",
    "Not a doctrine or theological concept"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Parosh refers to a family in postexilic Israel, especially noted among those who returned from exile and helped resettle the land. Members of this family appear in Ezra and Nehemiah, including in lists connected with temple support and covenant renewal. The term does not name a doctrine or theological concept.",
  "description_academic_full": "Parosh is a biblical family name associated with the postexilic community that returned from Babylon to Judah. The descendants of Parosh are counted in the returnee lists and appear again in records concerning offerings, settlement, and covenant commitments in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. Scripture presents the name as part of the historical restoration of God’s people after exile, showing the continuity of Israel’s families and the seriousness of rebuilding worship and community life. Because Parosh is a proper name rather than a theological concept, it belongs with biblical family or proper-name entries rather than with doctrinal terms.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Ezra and Nehemiah preserve lists of families who returned from captivity and participated in the restoration of Jerusalem and Judah. Parosh appears in those lists as one of the families represented among the returned exiles.",
  "background_historical_context": "The name belongs to the Persian-period restoration after the Babylonian exile, when returned Judeans resettled the land, rebuilt the temple community, and renewed covenant life.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "In ancient Israel, family and clan identity helped preserve tribal memory, inheritance, and covenant continuity. Lists such as the one naming Parosh served important historical and communal functions.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Ezra 2:3",
    "Nehemiah 7:8",
    "Ezra 8:3",
    "Nehemiah 10:14"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Ezra 10:25",
    "Nehemiah 3:25"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "Parosh is a transliterated Hebrew family name. Its significance in Scripture is genealogical and historical rather than doctrinal.",
  "theological_significance": "Parosh illustrates God’s preservation of His people through exile and restoration. Even ordinary family names in Scripture bear witness to covenant continuity, faithful return, and the rebuilding of worship among the remnant.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "Proper names in Scripture function as historical markers. They anchor the biblical account in real people, real families, and real events rather than abstract ideas.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not turn this family name into a doctrine or allegorical symbol. Its main significance is historical and genealogical, not theological in the narrow sense.",
  "major_views_note": "There is little interpretive dispute about Parosh itself. Bible readers generally agree it identifies a postexilic family or clan named in Ezra-Nehemiah.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Parosh does not establish doctrine on its own. Any theological use should remain subordinate to the larger biblical teaching on exile, restoration, and covenant faithfulness.",
  "practical_significance": "Parosh reminds readers that God notices families, names, and records. The restoration narrative encourages faithfulness in ordinary service, communal responsibility, and continuity of worship.",
  "meta_description": "Parosh is a biblical family or clan named among the returned exiles in Ezra and Nehemiah.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/parosh/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/parosh.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}