Tᵉqôwʻîy — H8621

Definition

adjective

a Tekoite or inhabitant of Tekoah

1. Tekoite = see Tekoa "trumpet blast"
2. an inhabitant of Tekoa

Usually translated as

Tekoite

Origin

or Tᵉqôʻîy; patronymically from H8620

• Derived from Tᵉqôwaʻ (H8620)

Occurrences

Tᵉqôwʻîy occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (2)

• 2 Samuel 14:4 — And when the woman of Tekoah (הַתְּקֹעִית֙) spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
• 2 Samuel 14:9 — And the woman of Tekoah (הַתְּקוֹעִית֙) said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
• 2 Samuel 23:26 — Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite (הַתְּקוֹעִֽי),
• 1 Chronicles 11:28 — Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite (הַתְּקוֹעִ֔י), Abi-ezer the Antothite,
• 1 Chronicles 27:9 — The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite (הַתְּקוֹעִ֑י): and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
• Nehemiah 3:5 — And next unto them the Tekoites (הַתְּקוֹעִ֑ים) repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
• Nehemiah 3:27 — After them the Tekoites (הַתְּקֹעִ֖ים) repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.