Dictionaries :: Akkub

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Akkub:

(another form of Jacob). (1.) The head of one of the families of Nethinim (Ezr 2:45).

(2.) A Levite who kept the gate of the temple after the return from Babylon (1Ch 9:17; Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45).

(3.) A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Akkub:

foot-print; supplanting; crookedness; lewdness

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Akkub:

ak'-ub (‘aqqubh, "pursuer"):

(1) A son of Elioenai, a descendant of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:24).

(2) A Levite porter on duty at the east gate of the second Temple (1Ch 9:17).

Nave's Topical Bible

Akkub: 1. One of the Nethinim

Ezr 2:45

Akkub: 2. A Returned Exile

1Ch 9:17; Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45; 8:7; 12:25

Akkub: 3. A Son of Elioenai

1Ch 3:24

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Akkub:

(insidious).

(1.) A descendant of Zerubbabel and son of Elioenai (1 Chronicles 3:24).

(2.) One of the porters or doorkeepers at the east gate of the temple. (B.C. 636‐440)

(3.) One of the Nethinim, whose family returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:45). (B.C. 536)

(4.) A Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:7).