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Tekoa

תְּקוֹעַStrong’s H8620

teqoa (te-qo-a)

Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Teqoa is the Hebrew word usually translated “tekoa”, “tekoa towards” and “from tekoa”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:”
2 Samuel 14:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Tekoa or Tekoah = "a stockade"
How it's translated
  • tekoa 4
  • tekoa towards 1
  • and in tekoa 1
  • from tekoa 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 2
  • 2 Chronicles 2
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • Jeremiah 1
  • Amos 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

תְּקוֹעַ teqoa · Tekoa

Tekoa or Tekoah = "a stockade" town founded by Ashur son of Hezron in the hill country of Judah near Hebron rebuilt by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos Also named: te.qo.i (תְּקוֹעִי "Tekoa" H8621)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.