תְּקוֹעַ Tᵉqôwaʻ

Hebrew · Strong's H8620 · pronounced tek-o'-ah · used 7 times in 7 verses

Meaning

Tekoa, a place in Palestine

In the King James Version: Tekoa, Tekoah.

Derivation: a form of H8619 (תָּקוֹעַ);

2 Samuel 14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
1 Chronicles 2:24 After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
1 Chronicles 4:5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
2 Chronicles 11:6 He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
2 Chronicles 20:20 Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
Jeremiah 6:1 “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
Amos 1:1 These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.