Word Study · Strong's H6126 · Hebrew
עַקּוּב
Aqqub
ak-koob'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻAqqûwb
“Akkub, the name of five Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Akkub, the name of five Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Akkub.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- עַקּ֔וּב2
- וְ֠עַקּוּב1
- וְעַקּ֔וּב1
- עַקּ֡וּב1
- עַקּ֣וּב1
- עַקּ֑וּב1
- עַקּֽוּב׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- Akkub6
- and Akkub2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)6
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
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- HNpm · 6
- HC/Npm · 2
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Where this word lives
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1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 3:24וְ֠עַקּוּבveakuvconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.here: and Akkub
- 1 Chronicles 9:17וְעַקּ֔וּבveakuvconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.here: and Akkub
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 2:42עַקּ֔וּבʾakuvproper noun (a name)The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.here: Akkub
- Ezra 2:45עַקּֽוּב׃ʾakuvproper noun (a name)the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Akkub,here: Akkub
Nehemiah4 occurrences
- Nehemiah 7:45עַקּ֔וּבʾakuvproper noun (a name)The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.here: Akkub
- Nehemiah 8:7עַקּ֡וּבʾakuvproper noun (a name)The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.here: Akkub
- Nehemiah 11:19עַקּ֣וּבʾakuvproper noun (a name)And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.here: Akkub
- Nehemiah 12:25עַקּ֑וּבʾakuvproper noun (a name)Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.here: Akkub