flourishing; that flies away
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PARUAH.Father or clan of Jehoshaphat, Solomons prefect in Issachar (1Ki_4:17).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1Ki_4:17.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Par'uah. (flourishing). The father of Jehoshaphat, Solomon's commissariat officer, in Issachar. 1Ki_4:17. (B.C. about 1017).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
pa-rōō?a (פּרוּח, pārūaḥ ?blooming?): Father of Jehoshaphat, who was one of Solomon's twelve victualers or providers, and had charge in Isaachar of this function (1Ki_4:17).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Paruah
[some Paru'ah] (Heb. Paru'ach, פָּרוּחִ, blessing [Gesen.], or increase [Furst]; Sept. Φαῤῥού, v.r. Φρυασούθ and Φαρουέ), the father of Jehoshaphat, which latter was Solomon's purveyor in Issachar (1Ki_4:17). B.C. cir. 1012.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.