Reference: Akkub
Easton
(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; Ne 7:45).
(3.) A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24).
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Hastings
1. A son of Elioenai (1Ch 3:24). 2. A Levite, one of the porters at the E. gate of the Temple; the eponym of a family that returned from the Exile (1Ch 9:17; Ezr 2:42; Ne 7:45; 11:19; 12:25); called in 1Es 5:28 Dacubi. 3. The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezr 2:42); called in 1Es 5:30 Acud. 4. A Levite who helped to expound the Law (Ne 8:7); called in 1Es 9:48 Jacubus.
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Morish
Ak'kub
1. One of the sons of Elioenai, a descendant of David, 1Ch 3:24.
2. A 'porter' in the companies of the children of Levi, 1Ch 9:17, whose descendants returned from exile. Ezr 2:42; Ne 7:45; 11:19; 12:25.
3. One of the Nethinim. Ezr 2:45.
4. One who "caused the people to understand the law" on the return from exile. Ne 8:7.
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Smith
(insidious).
1. A descendant of Zerubbabel and son of Elioenai.
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.
(B.C. 536.)
4. A Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the people.