This is the name of the place Tekoa: Town in Judah, home of the prophet Amos.
Definition
a form of H8619; Tekoa, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Tekoa, Tekoah.
Traditional renderings: Tekoa, Tekoah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
7 total
- 2 Samuel 14:2תְּק֔וֹעָה · to TekoaSo 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 2:24תְקֽוֹעַ׃ · of TekoaAfter Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 4:5תְק֔וֹעַ · TekoaAshhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
- 2 Chronicles 11:6תְּקֽוֹעַ׃ · TekoaHe built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- 2 Chronicles 20:20תְּק֑וֹעַ · of TekoaEarly 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 6:1וּבִתְק֙וֹעַ֙ · in Tekoa“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 1:1מִתְּק֑וֹעַ · of TekoaThese 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.