# פַּרְעֹשׁ (parosh)

Israeli respelling: par-osh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6550. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a flea (as the isolated insect)

King James renderings: flea.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/parosh-h6550

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 24:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/24/14) — After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
- [1 Samuel 26:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/20) — Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when o…