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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
1. a Judaite, son of Ashur and grandson of Hezron
n pr loc
1. a town in the hill country of Judah near Hebron built by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos
2. 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

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}.

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