נְכוֹ
ne.kho
Neco
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThis Hebrew name, "Neco" (H5224G), is a proper noun referring to a specific person. Its short definition directly indicates this, providing no further information beyond its designation as a proper name. The semantic domain is limited to "Person," reinforcing this conclusion. Considering the data, we can infer that "Neco" is a name with personal significance in the context of the Hebrew Bible, where it is mentioned three times. Its frequency of occurrence may indicate importance or relevance in the narrative, but this cannot be determined based on the provided definitions alone. Without more context, it is impossible to deduce the specific significance of "Neco" beyond its identity as a named individual. The limited range of "Neco's" usage, as a proper name without further semantic definition, suggests that it primarily serves to identify a specific person within the larger narrative of the Hebrew Bible.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.
2 Chronicles 35:22Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn’t listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
2 Chronicles 36:4The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.