Original Word: פַּרְעֹשׁ Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: parosh Phonetic Spelling: (par-oshe') Short Definition: flea
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a flea NASB Translation flea (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. מַּרְעשׁ noun masculineflea (Assyrian puršu°û, paršu°û; on transposing of, see HomA.u.A.i.21); — figure of insignifance 1 Samuel 24:15; 1 Samuel 26:20 נַפְשִׁי ᵐ5 Th We Dr and others
Strong's
flea
Probably from para' and ash; a flea (as the isolated insect) -- flea.