Lexical Definition

‎נְכוֹ‎ Nᵉkôw (nek-o') Neco ^N:N-M-P
probably of Egyptian origin

Necho. Compare ‎פַּרְעֹה נְכֹה‎.

• § Necho = "lame"
• Neko, an Egyptian king

1) the Pharaoh of Egypt in the time of king Josiah of Judah

Extended Information

name of: נְכוֹ

• A man of the Egyptians living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.23.29 also called Pharaoh at 2Ki.23.35 etc.
• Combined with ne.kho (‎נ‎ְ‎כו‎ֹ "Neco" נְכוֹ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

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