King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5233
Transliteration: nekes
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-kes)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: riches, treasures
Meaning: riches, treasures
Word Summary
nekes: riches, treasures
Original Word: נֶכֶסTransliteration: nekes
Phonetic Spelling: (neh'-kes)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: riches, treasures
Meaning: riches, treasures
Strong's Concordance
riches, wealth From an unused root meaning to accumulate; treasure -- riches, wealth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5233. nekes
[נֶ֫כֶס] noun masculineJoshua 22:8 only plural נְכָסִים riches, treasures (probably Assyrian or Aramaic loan-word, compare Assyrian nikâsu, property, wealth, gain, DlHWB 463, Syriac wealth; on derivation from Assyrian nikâsu, cut off, hew down, behead, etc., Syriac slay, נְכַס ᵑ7, Late Hebrew נָכַס id., through meaning cattle for slaughter, compare Frä98 HptHebraica.iii (Jan.1887), 107 ff. SchwIdioticon 120f. Brockad voc.); — 22:8 (P), 2 Chronicles 1:11-12, Ecclesiastes 6:2 (all "" כָּבוֺד עשֶׁר,), 5:18 ("" עשֶׁר).