Akkub — the meaning of the Hebrew name עַקּוּב

עַקּוּב

ʻAqqûwb · pronounced ak-koob' · Strong's H6126 · a man

Akkub means insidious.

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עָקַב ʻâqab (from, H6117) — properly, to swell out or up open in the lexicon ›

from H6117; insidious; Akkub, the name of five Israelites.

1Chr 3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. (KJV)

8 occurrences in 8 verses — 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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