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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - תְּקֹועַ
תְּקֹועַ
H8620
Transliteration: Tᵉqôwaʻ
Pronunciation: tek-o'-ah
Definition: Tekoa
Original: תּקוע Transliteration: teqôa‛ Phonetic: tek-o'-ah
BDB Definition:
Tekoa or Tekoah = "a stockade"- a Judaite, son of Ashur and grandson of Hezron (noun proper masculine)
- a town in the hill country of Judah near Hebron built by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos (noun proper locative)
- a wilderness area where king Jehoshaphat of Judah defeated the people of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir (noun proper locative)