נְכֹת
nechot · treasure
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5238 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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nechot (נְכֹת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “treasure”.
Precious things kept as treasure. It appears only in the phrase "his treasure house," the room where Hezekiah kept his riches (2 Kings 20:13; Isaiah 39:2). The lexicon connects it with spices.
How to say it
ne·chot
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Precious things stored away.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 20:13
Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all his treasure house: the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and his armory, and all that was found in his treasuries; there was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house or in all his dominion.
- Isaiah 39:2
Hezekiah was glad because of them, and showed them his treasure house: the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and all his armory, and all that was found in his treasuries; there was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house or in all his dominion.