NAARAH (2)na`arah; Codex Vaticanus hai komai auton; Codex Alexandrinus Naaratha; the King James Version Naarath): A town in the territory of Ephraim (Joshua 16:7). It appears as "Naaran" in 1 Chronicles 7:28 (Codex Vaticanus Naarnan; Codex Alexandrinus Naaran). Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. "Noorath") places it 5 Roman miles from Jericho. The name has not been... View Details
TEKOAte-ko'-a (teqoa', or teqo`ah; Thekoe; the King James Version Tekoah; one of David's mighty men, "Ira the son of Ikkesh," is called a Tekoite, te-ko'-it (teqo`i; 2 Samuel 23:26 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9; the "woman of Tekoa" [ 2 Samuel 14:2 ] is in Hebrew teqo`ith; in Nehemiah 3:5 mention is made of certain Tekoites, te-ko'its teqo'im, who re... View Details
an Israelite woman, also a place on the border of Ephraim