Tekoa or Tekoah = "a stockade" town founded by Ashur son of Hezron in the hill country of Judah near Hebron rebuilt by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos Also named: te.qo.i (תְּקוֹעִי "Tekoa" H8621)
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te.qo.a · Tekoa · Hebrew/Aramaic
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2 Samuel 14:2 · תְּק֔וֹעָהand Joab sendeth to Tekoah, and taketh thence a wise woman, and saith unto her, ‘Feign thyself a mourner, I pray thee, and put on, I pray thee, garments of mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and thou hast been as a woman these many days mourning for the dead,1 Chronicles 2:24 · תְקֽוֹעַ׃And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, then the wife of Hezron, Abijah, even beareth to him Asshur, father of Tekoa.1 Chronicles 4:5 · תְק֔וֹעַAnd to Ashhur father of Tekoa were two wives, Helah and Naarah;2 Chronicles 11:6 · תְּקֽוֹעַ׃yea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,2 Chronicles 20:20 · תְּק֑וֹעַAnd they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat hath stood and saith, ‘Hear me, O Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain stedfast in Jehovah your God, and be stedfast; remain stedfast in His prophets, and prosper.’Jeremiah 6:1 · וּבִתְק֙וֹעַ֙Strengthen yourselves, sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem, And in Tekoa blow ye a trumpet, And over Beth-Haccerem lift ye up a flame, For evil hath been seen from the north, And great destruction.Amos 1:1 · מִתְּק֑וֹעַWords of Amos—who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa—that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking;