Parʻôh Nᵉkôh — H6549

Definition

masculine proper noun

Paroh-Nekoh (or -Neko), an Egyptian king

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

Usually translated as

Pharaoh-necho, Pharaohnechoh

Origin

or Parʻôh Nᵉkôw; of Egyptian derivation

Occurrences

Parʻôh Nᵉkôh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (3), Jeremiah (1)

• 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.