Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #8620 - תְּקוֹעַ Teqoa (a city in Judah)

Original Word:	תְּקוֹעַ
Transliteration:	Teqoa
Definition:	a city in Judah
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(tek-o'-ah)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Tekoa, Tekoah

A form of taqowa'; Tekoa, a place in Palestine -- Tekoa, Tekoah.

see HEBREW taqowa'

Englishman's Concordance

Tekoa or Tekoah=“a stockade”
1) a Judaite, son of Ashur and grandson of Hezron (noun proper masculine)
2) a town in the hill country of Judah near Hebron built by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos (noun proper locative)
3) a wilderness area where king Jehoshaphat of Judah defeated the people of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a form of H8619

Brown-Driver-Briggs

תְּקוֺעַproper name, of a locationin southern Judah (connection with above √ dubious); — Amos 1:1; Jeremiah 6:1; 2Chronicles 11:6, as 'son' of Ashhur 1 Chronicles 2:24; 1 Chronicles 4:5; תְּק֫וֺעָה2 Samuel 14:2; ׳מִדְבַּר ת2Chronicles 20:20; ᵐ5Θεκωε (also ); modern Tekû'a, approximately 5 miles south of Bethlehem; see Rob^{BR i.486f.} Buhl^{G 157 f.} Taylor^{Hast. DB TEKOA} GASm^{Twelve Proph. i.74 f.} Dr^{Amos 1:1}.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8620. תְּק֫וֹעַ (Teqoa) — 7 Occurrences

2 Samuel 14:2
HEB:וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יוֹאָב֙ תְּק֔וֹעָה וַיִּקַּ֥ח מִשָּׁ֖ם
NAS: sent to Tekoa and brought
KJV: sent to Tekoah, and fetched
INT: sent Joab to Tekoa and brought there

1 Chronicles 2:24
HEB:אַשְׁח֖וּר אֲבִ֥י תְקֽוֹעַ׃
NAS: him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
KJV: him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
INT: Ashhur the father of Tekoa

1 Chronicles 4:5
HEB:וּלְאַשְׁחוּר֙ אֲבִ֣י תְק֔וֹעַ הָי֖וּ שְׁתֵּ֣י
NAS: Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two
KJV: the father of Tekoa had two
INT: Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two

2 Chronicles 11:6
HEB:עֵיטָ֖ם וְאֶת־ תְּקֽוֹעַ׃
NAS: Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
KJV: even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
INT: Bethlehem Etam Tekoa

2 Chronicles 20:20
HEB:וַיֵּצְא֖וּ לְמִדְבַּ֣ר תְּק֑וֹעַ וּבְצֵאתָ֞ם עָמַ֣ד
NAS: out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went
KJV: into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth,
INT: and went to the wilderness of Tekoa went stood

Jeremiah 6:1
HEB:מִקֶּ֙רֶב֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וּבִתְק֙וֹעַ֙ תִּקְע֣וּ שׁוֹפָ֔ר
NAS: a trumpet in Tekoa And raise
KJV: the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up
INT: the midst of Jerusalem Tekoa now blow A trumpet

Amos 1:1
HEB:הָיָ֥ה בַנֹּקְדִ֖ים מִתְּק֑וֹעַ אֲשֶׁר֩ חָזָ֨ה
NAS: was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which
KJV: who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw
INT: was among the sheepherders Tekoa which envisioned

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