(Heb. with the art. hat-Tekoi', הִתְּקוֹעי [in 2 Samuel 23:26; Nehemiah 3:27, הִתְּקֹעַי ], patrial from Tekoa; Sept. ὁ Θεκωίτης and ὁ Θεωϊ v 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 (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9). The name survived the Captivity (Nehemiah 3:5; Nehemiah 3:27).