Koa — the meaning of the Hebrew name קוֹעַ

קוֹעַ

Qôwaʻ · pronounced ko'-ah · Strong's H6970 · a place

Koa means curtailment.

Built from

קוּץ qûwts (probably from, H6972) — to clip off open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

probably from H6972 in the original sense of cutting off; curtailment; Koa, a region of Babylon.

First appearance

Ezek 23:23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. (KJV)

Every verse that names Koa

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Ezekiel

Ezek 23:23

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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