Tekoa or Tekoah = |a stockade| n pr m 1) a Judaite, son of Ashur and grandson of Hezron n pr loc 2) a town in the hill country of Judah near Hebron built by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos 3) a wilderness area where king Jehoshaphat of Judah defeated the people of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir