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נְכוֹ (Nᵉkôw) n-pr-m (nek-o')
Source: probably of Egyptian origin;
Meaning: Neko, an Egyptian king
KJV: Necho. Compare H6549.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

n.dk.af

נְכוֹ ,

נְכֹה n.pr.m. Necho (II), king of Egypt;—contemp. of Josiah and Nebuchad. [B.C. 611-605]:

פַרְעֹה נְכֹה

Appears in a total of 3 verses:

CH2 35:20

OET-LV: 20 After all_of this when Yʼoshiy^yāh he_had_prepared DOM the_house Nəkō he_went_up the_king_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_do_battle at_Karkəməysh/(Carchemish) on the_Pərāt and_he/it_went_out to_meet_him Yʼoshiy^yāh. (CH2_35:20)

OET-RV: 20 After all of Yoshiyah’s work on temple restoration, Egypt’s King Neko went to attack Karkemish city on the Euphrates river, and Yoshiyah went out to confront him. (CH2 35:20)

CH2 35:22

OET-LV: 22 And_not Yʼoshiy^yāh he_turned face_of_his from_him/it if/because to_fight in/on/over_him/it he_disguised_himself and_not he_listened to the_words/messages_of Nəkō from_the_mouth_of god and_he_went to_do_battle in_the_valley_of Məgiddōn. (CH2_35:22)

OET-RV: 22 However, Yoshiyah wouldn’t listen, but disguised himself before going into battle. He didn’t listen to Neko even though he was speaking for God, so he went to fight on the Megiddon plain. (CH2 35:22)

CH2 36:4

OET-LV: 4 And_ the_king_of _he_made_king of_Miʦrayim DOM ʼElyāqīm his/its_brother over Yəhūdāh and_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_he_changed DOM his/its_name Yəhōyāqīm/(Jehoiakim) and_DOM Yəhōʼāḩāz his/its_brother Nəkō he_took and_he_brought_him towards_Miʦrayim. (CH2_36:4)

OET-RV: 4 Egypt’s King Neko took Yehoahaz to Egypt, and then the king made his younger brother Elyakim king over Yehudah and Yerushalem, although he changed Elyakim’s name to Yehoyakim. (CH2 36:4)

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