Strong H8620תְּקוֹעַ

Tekoa

Definition

A form of H8619; {Tekoa} a place in Palestine: - {Tekoa} Tekoah.

Tekoa or Tekoah = "a stockade"

Tekoa, a town in Judah, known as the birthplace of the prophet Amos and the home of one of David's mighty men (2 Sam. 14:2; 1 Chr. 11:28; Amos 1:1).

Tekoa

Town in Judah, home of the prophet Amos

Tekoa, a town in Judah, known as the birthplace of the prophet Amos and the home of one of David's mighty men (2 Sam. 14:2; 1 Chr. 11:28; Amos 1:1).

Strong H8620 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

2 Samuel 14:2
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:
1 Chronicles 2:24
And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
1 Chronicles 4:5
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
2 Chronicles 11:6
He built even Beth–lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Jeremiah 6:1
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth–haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.