Strong H8621תְּקוֹעִי
Tekoa
- Transliteration
- teqô‛îy teqô‛îy
- Pronunciation
- {tek-o-ee'} tek-o-ee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patronymic from H8620; a Tekoite or inhabitant of Tekoah: - Tekoite.
Detailed definition
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).
In the biblical story
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).
In the Bible
Strong H8621 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tekoite3
- tekoah2
- tekoites2
First verses
- 2 Samuel 14:4And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
- 2 Samuel 14:9And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
- 2 Samuel 23:26Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:9The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- Nehemiah 3:5And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
- Nehemiah 3:27After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.