תְּקוֹעַ
Tᵉqôwaʻ · tek-o'-ah
Tekoa, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: a form of H8619 (תָּקוֹעַ);
Tekoa, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Tekoa, Tekoah.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › to see and know
The mark, the covenant sign of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּקוֹעַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of tekoa4 · 57%
- to tekoah1 · 14%
- and tekoa1 · 14%
- in tekoa1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.