# H6126 עַקּוּב

עַקּוּב (ʻAqqûwb), Strong’s H6126: Akkub, the name of five Israelites KJV: Akkub.. Occurs 8 times.

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*ʻAqqûwb* — Akkub, the name of five Israelites

KJV: Akkub.

Derived from [עָקַב ʻâqab](https://besorah.bible/word/H6117) (to seize by the heel)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עַקּוּב n.pr.m.
- 1 descendant of David
- 2 heads of post-exilic families
- 3 Levites

## Where it occurs
- [Ezra 2:42](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=42) — The children of the gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of…
- [Ezra 2:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=45) — the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
- [Nehemiah 7:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/7?v=45) — The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the…
- [Nehemiah 8:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/8?v=7) — Also Yeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and…
- [Nehemiah 11:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/11?v=19) — Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
- [Nehemiah 12:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/12?v=25) — Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of…
- [1 Chronicles 3:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/3?v=24) — The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Yochanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
- [1 Chronicles 9:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/9?v=17) — The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),