(another form of Jacob). (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).
Akkub
Akkub is a name more than a story. It belongs to the gatekeepers of the temple, a family of porters listed in 1 Chronicles 9, Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7, whose children came back from exile and took up the same humble post. In Nehemiah 8:7 an Akkub is among the Levites who “caused the people to understand the law” as it was read aloud. A different Akkub appears in David’s line in 1 Chronicles 3:24. The verses say little about any of them, but they show how many quiet jobs it took to keep the house of God open.
5 verses
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 3:24
And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
1 Chronicles 9:17
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
Ezra
Ezra 2:42
The 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
Nehemiah 7:45
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, an hundred thirty and eight.
Nehemiah 8:7
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(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, whole 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)