תְּקוֹעַTᵉqôwaʻ

proper name [of a location]: in southern Judah (Amos 1:1; Jeremiah 6:1; 2 Chronicles 11:6; 1 Chronicles 2:24; 1 Chronicles 4:5)

Pronunciation: tek-o'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8620

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 14:2 So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don’t put on lotions. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:24 Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of Tekoa).
  • 1 Chronicles 4:5 Ashhur (the father of Tekoa) had two wives, named Helah and Naarah.
  • 2 Chronicles 11:6 He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
  • 2 Chronicles 20:20 Early the next morning the army of Judah went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. On the way Jehoshaphat stopped and said, “Listen to me, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be able to stand firm. Believe in his prophets, and you will succeed.”
  • Jeremiah 6:1 “Run for your lives, you people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the alarm in Tekoa! Send up a signal at Beth-hakkerem! A powerful army is coming from the north, coming with disaster and destruction.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).