Study Dictionary
Barkos
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a Levite; head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time
Hebrew
Strongs #01302: owqrb Barqowc
Barkos = "the son cut off"1) head of a family of temple-slaves who returned from exile with
Zerubbabel
1302 Barqowc bar-kose'
of uncertain derivation; Barkos, one of theNethimim:-Barkos.
Barkos [EBD]
painter, (Ezra 2:53; Neh. 7:55). The father of some of the Nethinim.
BARKOS [SMITH]
(painted). "Children of Barkos" were among the Nethinim who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:53; Nehemiah 7:55) (B.C. 536.)BARKOS [ISBE]
BARKOS - bar'-kos (barqoc, "party-colored'' (?): compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 68, note 2): The descendants of Barkos returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:53; Neh 7:55). Compare Barchus (1 Esdras 5:32).