Strong H6549פַּרְעֹה נְכֹה

Pharaoh-neco

Transliteration: par‛ôh nekôh par‛ôh nekô
Pronunciation: par-o' {nek-o'} par-o' nek-o'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

Of Egyptian derivation;
Paroh Nekoh (or {Neko }) an Egyptian king: - {Pharaoh-necho} Pharaoh-nechoh.

Meaning of the name

Pharaoh-necho = "great house-he is smitten"

Detailed definition

Pharaoh-necho = "great house-he is smitten"
the Pharaoh of Egypt who fought king Josiah of Judah at Megiddo and killed him

In the biblical story

Neco

Egyptian Pharaoh during the reigns of Josiah and Jehoiakim.

Pharaoh Neco II, the ruler of Egypt, opposed King Josiah of Judah, installed Jehoiakim as a vassal king, and was later defeated by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

In the Bible

Strong H6549 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

nechoh3
necho1
pharaoh1

First verses

2 Kings 23:29
In his days Pharaoh–nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
2 Kings 23:33
And Pharaoh–nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
2 Kings 23:34
And Pharaoh–nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
2 Kings 23:35
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh–nechoh.
Jeremiah 46:2
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh–necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

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