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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

bar'-kus (Codex Vaticanus, Bachous; Codex Alexandrinus, Barchoue; the King James Version Charchus, from Aldine edition, Charkous; 1 Esdras 5:32 = Barkos (Ezr 2:53; Ne 7:55)): The descendants of Barchus (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem.