1. Ezra 2:3–57 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the origin of some of the names in the list?

Ezra 2:3–57 (ESV)

3 the sons of Parosh, 2,172.

  • Parosh (Ezra 2:3), a nickname meaning flea

  • Hakupha (Ezra 2:51), a nickname meaning humpbacked

  • Bakbuk (Ezra 2:51), a nickname meaning bottle, perhaps pointing toward a fat man with a protruding belly

  • Immer (Ezra 2:37) means lamb

  • Hagabah (Ezra 2:45) means locust

  • Hassophereth (Ezra 2:55) means the woman scribe

  • Pokereth-Hazzebaim (Ezra 2:57) means huntress of the gazelles