ʻAqqûwb — H6126

H6126 · Hebrew — עקוב

Pronunciation: ak-koob'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Akkub, the name of five Israelites

  1. Akkub = "insidious"
  2. son of Elioenai and descendant of David through Zerubbabel
  3. a head of a family returning from exile
  4. head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile
  5. a Levite gatekeeper
  6. a Levite who helped Ezra expound the law to the people
  7. a Levite gatekeeper after the return from exile

Usually translated as

Akkub

Origin

from H6117; insidious

Occurrences

ʻAqqûwb occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (4)