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Strong's #5224 - נְכוֹ

Transliteration

Nᵉkôw

Phonetics

nek-o'

Origin

probably of Egyptian origin

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Necho = "lame"
1. the Pharaoh of Egypt in the time of king Josiah of Judah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

2 Chronicles 3

BSB (8)

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

CSB (8)

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

ESV (3)

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 3

Jeremiah 1

KJV (3)

2 Chronicles 3

LEB (3)

2 Chronicles 3

LSB (3)

2 Chronicles 3

N95 (3)

2 Chronicles 3

NAS (3)

2 Chronicles 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

2 Chronicles 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

נְכוֺ, נְכֹה proper name, masculine Necho (II), king of Egypt (Egyptian Nkw, i.e (Steind^{BAS i. 346f.}) Nekawœ; Assyrian Nikû Id.^ib. Schr^{COT 2 Kings 23:29} is grandfather of Bibl. Necho); — contemporary of Josiah and Nebuchadnezzar [ B.C. 611-605]: נְכוֺ 2 Chronicles 35:20 (ᵐ5 θαραω Νεχαω), נְכֹה 2 Chronicles 35:22; 36:4 (ᵐ5 θαραω Νεχαω); מַּרְעֹה נְכוֺ Jeremiah 46:2, מַּרְעֹה נְכֹה 2 Kings 23:29,33,34,35 (all ᵐ5 id.).

נָכוֺן

proper name, masculine see below כּון, and see כִּידֹן.

נכח (√ of following: probably be in front of; Lag^{BN 30} compare Arabic marry (perhaps originally in physical sense); Syriac is Gentle, gentleness).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נְכוֹ & נְכֹה pr.n. Necho, king of Egypt, son of Psammetichus. According to Manetho in the book of dynasties, he was the fifth of the second Saitic dynasty; and in order to distinguish him from his grandfather of the same name he is called Necho the second. See Jul. Afric. in Routh’s in Reliquiæ Sacræ ii. p. 147; 2 Kings 23:29, 33 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 35:20, 36:4 Jeremiah 46:2 compare Herod. ii. 158, 159; iv. 42 (by whom he is called Νεκώς). LXX. Νεχαώ.

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List of Word Forms

נְכ֔וֹ נְכ֖וֹ נְכ֧וֹ נכו nə·ḵōw neCho nəḵōw