Word Study · Strong's H8621 · Hebrew
תְּקוֹעִי
Teqoi
tek-o-ee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tᵉqôwʻîy
“a Tekoite or inhabitant of Tekoah”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Tekoite or inhabitant of Tekoah
Rendered in the KJV as
Tekoite.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- הַתְּקוֹעִ֔י1
- הַתְּקוֹעִ֑י1
- הַתְּקוֹעִֽי׃ ס1
- הַתְּקוֹעִ֑ים1
- הַתְּקוֹעִית֙1
- הַתְּקֹעִ֖ים1
- הַתְּקֹעִית֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- the Tekoite5
- the Tekoites2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)3
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 3
- HTd/Ngfsa · 2
- HTd/Ngmpa · 2
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 14:4הַתְּקֹעִית֙hatekoitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”here: the Tekoite
- 2 Samuel 14:9הַתְּקוֹעִית֙hatekoitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”here: the Tekoite
- 2 Samuel 23:26הַתְּקוֹעִֽי׃ סhatekoithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,here: the Tekoite
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 11:28הַתְּקוֹעִ֔יhatekoithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,here: the Tekoite
- 1 Chronicles 27:9הַתְּקוֹעִ֑יhatekoithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.here: the Tekoite
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 3:5הַתְּקוֹעִ֑יםhatekoimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.here: the Tekoites
- Nehemiah 3:27הַתְּקֹעִ֖יםhatekoimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)And next to them, the Tekoites repaired another section, from a point opposite the great tower that juts out to the wall of Ophel.here: the Tekoites