bar'-kos (barqoc, "party-colored" (?) compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 68, note 2): The descendants of Barkos returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:53; Ne 7:55). Compare Barchus (1 Esdras 5:32).
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Barkos
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.