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עַקּוּב

aq.quvN:N-M-P

Akkub

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.7 § Akkub = "insidious" 1) son of Elioenai and descendant of David through Zerubbabel 2) a head of a family returning from exile 3) head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile 4) a Levite gatekeeper 5) a Levite who helped Ezra expound the law to the people 6) a Levite gatekeeper after the return from exile

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עַקּוּב proper name, masculine ᵐ5B usually (Ι)ακουν[μ] A ᵐ5L Ακ(κ)ουβ: —

1. descendant of David 1Chr 3:24.
2. heads of post-exilic families:
  a. Ezra 2:42 = Neh 7:45.
  b. Ezra 2:45 (si vera lectio).
3. Levites:
  a. 1Chr 9:17.
  b. Neh 8:7.
  c. Neh 11:19; Neh 12:25.

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