Teqoa means “Tekoa” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8620 תְּקוַֹע (Tqowa`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Tqowa` (tek-o'-ah) n/p. 1. Tekoa, a place in Israel [a form of H8619] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include tekoa and tekoah. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Tqowa` (tek-o'-ah) n/p. 1. Tekoa, a place in Israel [a form of H8619] KJV: Tekoa, Tekoah. Root(s): H8619
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Tekoa
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Tqowa`, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8620.
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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Teqoa (Strong's H8620) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Tekoa". Tqowa` (tek-o'-ah) n/p. 1. Tekoa, a place in Israel [a form of H8619]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H8620 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8620 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tekoa and tekoah. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.