Koa
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
Ezekiel 23:23. Ρekoa') ("visitation") and Shod ("rich") and Κen ("noble".) Babylon is the land of visitation; actively, visiting with judgment Judah; passively, to be visited with judgment ( Jeremiah 50:21). Margin, "rich and noble" in her prosperity above all kingdoms. Maurer explains, "the Babylonians and all the Chaldaeans ( Ρekowd ), prefects (Shoa and Koa), rich," etc.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
KOA . A people associated with Pekod and Shoa ( Ezekiel 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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]
Ko'a. (He-Camel). Koa is a word which occurs only in Ezekiel 23:23. It may perhaps have been a city or district of Babylonia; or it may be a common noun, signifying "Prince" or "Nobleman".
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
An unknown people or district classed with those whom Jerusalem had courted as lovers, but who would be its oppressors. Ezekiel 23:23 . The Vulgate does not treat it as a proper name, but translates it principes , 'noblemen.'
Holman Bible Dictionary [5]
Ezekiel 23:23
Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]
Ezekiel 23:23
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]
kō´a ( קוע , ḳōa‛ ): A people named with Pekod and Shoa as enemies of Jerusalem ( Ezekiel 23:23 ). Their location was probably Northeast of Babylonia.
