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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #8620 - תְּקוֹעַ
Transliteration
Tᵉqôwaʻ
Phonetics
tek-o'-ah
Origin
a form of (H8619)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Tekoa or Tekoah = "a stockade"
- n pr m
- a Judaite, son of Ashur and grandson of Hezron
- n pr loc
- a town in the hill country of Judah near Hebron built by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos
- a wilderness area where king Jehoshaphat of Judah defeated the people of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
BSB (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
CSB (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
ESV (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
KJV (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
LEB (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
LSB (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
N95 (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
NAS (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (7)
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
1
Amos
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
תְּקוֺעַ proper name, of a location in southern Judah (connection with above √ dubious); — Amos 1:1; Jeremiah 6:1; 2 Chronicles 11:6, as 'son' of Ashhur 1 Chronicles 2:24; 1 Chronicles 4:5; תְּק֫וֺעָה 2 Samuel 14:2; ׳מִדְבַּר ת 2 Chronicles 20:20; ᵐ5 Θεκωε (also #NAME?); modern Tekû'a, approximately 5 miles south of Bethlehem; see Rob BR i.486f. Buhl G 157f. Taylor Hast. DB TEKOA GASm Twelve Proph. i.74f. Dr Amos 1:1.
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
תְּקוֹעַ (“pitching,” sc. or tents), [Tekoa, Tekoch], pr.n. of a fortified town to the south east of Bethlehem, on the borders of the great desert (תְּקוֹעַ מִדְבַּר 2 Chronicles 20:20 compare 1Ma_9:33 ), 2 Samuel 14:2; 1 Chronicles 2:24; Jeremiah 6:1; Amos 1:1 Gr. Θεκωέ, 1Ma_9:33. Relandi Palæstina, p. 1028. Ruins are still found there, bearing the ancient name (Legh, in Macmichael’s Journey, p. 196.) [Gent. noun תְּקוֹעִי 2 Samuel 14:4; 1 Chronicles 11:28; Nehemiah 3:5.]
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List of Word Forms
וּבִתְק֙וֹעַ֙ ובתקוע מִתְּק֑וֹעַ מתקוע תְּק֑וֹעַ תְּק֔וֹעָה תְּקֽוֹעַ׃ תְק֔וֹעַ תְקֽוֹעַ׃ תקוע תקוע׃ תקועה mit·tə·qō·w·a‘ mitteKoa mittəqōwa‘ tə·qō·w·‘āh tə·qō·w·a‘ ṯə·qō·w·a‘ teKoa teKoah təqōw‘āh təqōwa‘ ṯəqōwa‘ ū·ḇiṯ·qō·w·a‘ ūḇiṯqōwa‘ uvitKoa