Strong H6126H6126Hעַקּוּב
Akkub
One of the 4 senses of Strong H6126
- Transliteration
- ‛aqqûb
- Pronunciation
- ak-koob'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.17
Meaning of the name
Akkub = "insidious"
General definition
From H6117; insidious;
{Akkub} the name of five Israelites: - Akkub.
{Akkub} the name of five Israelites: - Akkub.
In the biblical story
Akkub
Levite gatekeeper during the post-exilic period
Akkub was a Levite who served as a gatekeeper in the Temple during the post-exilic period. (1Ch.9.17; Ezr.2.42; Neh.7.45; 11.19; 12.25)
In the Bible
Strong H6126H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- akkub5
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:17And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
- Ezra 2:42The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
- Nehemiah 7:45The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
- Nehemiah 11:19Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
- Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.