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(Heb. with the art. hat-Tekoi', äִúְּ÷åֹòé [in 2Sa_23:26; Neh_3:27, äִúְּ÷ֹòַé ], patrial from Tekoa; Sept. ὁ Èåêùßôçò and ὁ Èåùú v v.r. Èåêùíßôåò and ÈåêÜ ; 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 (Neh_3:5; Neh_3:27).