Akkub

(another form of Jacob)

This was the name of three biblical men:

1. The head of one of the families of Nethinim (Ezra 2:45).

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

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