תְּקוֹעִי
Tᵉqôwʻîy · tek-o-ee'
a Tekoite or inhabitant of Tekoah
Lexicon
Derivation: or תְּקֹעִי; patronymically from H8620 (תְּקוֹעַ);
a Tekoite or inhabitant of Tekoah
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Tekoite.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
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 hand that works
The mark, the covenant sign of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּקוֹעִי 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.
- the tekoite3 · 43%
- of tekoah2 · 29%
- the tekoites1 · 14%
- them the tekoites1 · 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.