נְכֹאת
nĕkōʾt
a spice
Strong's H5219NounHebrewTWOT 1362c

נְכֹאת (nĕkōʾt) is a Hebrew noun meaning a spice. It appears 2 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5219).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1362c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1362c)a spice; smiting, gum; spicery
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נְכֹאת noun, feminine: a spice

Strong's H5219 נְכֹאת: properly, a smiting, i.e. (concretely) an aromatic gum (perhaps styrax) (as powdered)
KJV:spicery(-ces).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1362: נָכָא nākāʾ — smite, scourge; drive away; be viler

See it in Scripture

Genesis 37:25

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