Lexical Definition

‎נְכֹת‎ nᵉkôth (nek-oth') treasure ^H:N-F
probably for ‎נְכֹאת‎

precious things.

• spicery, i.e. (generally) valuables

1) treasure

See Greek: θυμίαμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נְכֹת‎] noun [feminine] treasure (so context demands) (ᵐ5^L 2Kgs 20:13 τῆς ὑπάρξεως, compare ᵑ6 ᵑ7; derivation uncertain; Dl^{Prol. 141} compare Assyrian bit nakamti (nakanti), house of treasure, √ nakâmu, heap up [Dl^{HWB 462}], whence ‎׳‎‎נ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ perhaps borrowed; this favoured by Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 731} Hpt^{ZA ii. 256} (reading nakavâti = nakamâti, and Hebrew ‎נִכְוֺתָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ or ‎נְכוֺתָו‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎)). — Only suffix ‎בֵּית נְכֹתֹה‎ = his treasure-house 2Kgs 20:13 = Isa 39:2.

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