נְכוֹ
Nᵉkôw · nek-o'
Neko, an Egyptian king
Lexicon
Derivation: probably of Egyptian origin;
Neko, an Egyptian king
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Necho. Compare H6549 (פַּרְעֹה נְכֹה).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish
The seed, life continuing of the open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נְכוֹ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- necho1 · 33%
- of necho1 · 33%
- and necho1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.