hope; a congregation; a line; a rule
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
KOA.A people associated with Pekod and Shoa (Eze_23:23), probably, therefore, a by-form of Kutû (also Gutium), often mentioned in Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] inscriptions in the same company. Their seat lay N.E. of Babylonia, in the mountains between the upper Adhem and the Dijâlâ. Cf. Kir.
C. H. W. Johns.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Eze_23:23. Pekoa') ("visitation") and Shod ("rich") and Ken ("noble".) Babylon is the land of visitation; actively, visiting with judgment Judah; passively, to be visited with judgment (Jer_50:21). Margin, "rich and noble" in her prosperity above all kingdoms. Maurer explains, "the Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans (Pekowd), prefects (Shoa and Koa), rich," etc.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ko'a. (he-camel). Koa is a word which occurs only in Eze_23:23. It may perhaps have been a city or district of Babylonia; or it may be a common noun, signifying "prince" or "nobleman".
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
kō?a (קוע, ḳōa‛): A people named with Pekod and Shoa as enemies of Jerusalem (Eze_23:23). Their location was probably Northeast of Babylonia.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.