Tekoite

Teko'ite (Heb. with the art. hat-Tekoi', הִתּקוֹעי [in 2 Sam, 23:26; Nehemiah 3, 27, הִתּקֹעַי], patrial from Tekoa; Sept. ὁ Θεκωίτης and ὁ Θεωϊv v.r. Θεκωνίτες and Θεκά; Vulg. Thecuites; Thecuenus, and de Thecua), an inhabitant of Tekoa (q.v.), an epithet of Ira the son of Ikkesh, one of David's warriors (2Sa 23:26; 1Ch 11:28; 1Ch 27:9). The name survived the Captivity (Ne 3:5,27).