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Keros
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Keros: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a Levite; head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time
crooked; crookedness
crooked; crookedness
Hebrew
Strongs #07026: oryq Qeyroc or orq Qeroc
Keros = "ankle"1) head of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with
Zerubbabel
7026 Qeyroc kay-roce'
or Qeroc {kay-roce'}; from the same as 7166; ankled; Keros,one of the Nethinim:-Keros.
see HEBREW for 07166
KEROS [SMITH]
(curved), one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:44; Nehemiah 7:47)KEROS [ISBE]
KEROS - ke'-ros (qeroc, "fortress"(?)): One of the Nethinim (Ezr 2:44; Neh 7:47), an order appointed to the liturgical offices of the temple.See NETHINIM.