{"def":{"lit":"a stockade","short":"Tekoa, a place in Palestine","long":["(n pr m) a Judaite, son of Ashur and grandson of Hezron","(n pr loc) a town in the hill country of Judah near Hebron built by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos","a wilderness area where king Jehoshaphat of Judah defeated the people of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir"]},"deriv":"a form of H8619","pronun":{"ipa":"t̪ɛ̆ˈk’o.ɑʕ","ipa_mod":"tɛ̆ˈko̞w.ɑʕ","sbl":"tĕqôaʿ","dic":"teh-KOH-ah","dic_mod":"teh-KOH-ah"}}