Every Name in Tanakh

עַקּוּב Akkub

Every verse in which this name stands — 8 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 178×8 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for five Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:42 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:17.

Ezra 2:42עזרא ב:מב

בְּנֵי הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִים בְּנֵי־שַׁלּוּם בְּנֵֽי־אָטֵר בְּנֵי־טַלְמוֹן בְּנֵי־עַקּוּב בְּנֵי חֲטִיטָא בְּנֵי שֹׁבָי הַכֹּל מֵאָה שְׁלֹשִׁים וְתִשְׁעָֽה

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 a hundred thirty and nine.

Ezra 2:45עזרא ב:מה

בְּנֵי־לְבָנָה בְנֵי־חֲגָבָה בְּנֵי עַקּֽוּב

the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub;

Nehemiah 7:45נחמיה ז:מה

הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִים בְּנֵֽי־שַׁלּוּם בְּנֵֽי־אָטֵר בְּנֵֽי־טַלְמֹן בְּנֵֽי־עַקּוּב בְּנֵי חֲטִיטָא בְּנֵי שֹׁבָי מֵאָה שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה

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, a hundred thirty and eight.

Nehemiah 8:7נחמיה ח:ז

וְיֵשׁוּעַ וּבָנִי וְשֵׁרֵבְיָה יָמִין עַקּוּב שַׁבְּתַי הֽוֹדִיָּה מַעֲשֵׂיָה קְלִיטָא עֲזַרְיָה יוֹזָבָד חָנָן פְּלָאיָה וְהַלְוִיִּם מְבִינִים אֶת־הָעָם לַתּוֹרָה וְהָעָם עַל־עָמְדָֽם

Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, even the Levites, caused the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place.

Nehemiah 11:19נחמיה יא:יט

וְהַשּֽׁוֹעֲרִים עַקּוּב טַלְמוֹן וַאֲחֵיהֶם הַשֹּׁמְרִים בַּשְּׁעָרִים מֵאָה שִׁבְעִים וּשְׁנָֽיִם

Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.

Nehemiah 12:25נחמיה יב:כה

מַתַּנְיָה וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָה עֹבַדְיָה מְשֻׁלָּם טַלְמוֹן עַקּוּב שֹׁמְרִים שֽׁוֹעֲרִים מִשְׁמָר בַּאֲסֻפֵּי הַשְּׁעָרִֽים

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the store-houses of the gates.

1 Chronicles 3:24דברי הימים א ג:כד

וּבְנֵי אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי הדיוהו וְאֶלְיָשִׁיב וּפְלָיָה וְעַקּוּב וְיוֹחָנָן וּדְלָיָה וַעֲנָנִי שִׁבְעָֽה

And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

1 Chronicles 9:17דברי הימים א ט:יז

וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִים שַׁלּוּם וְעַקּוּב וְטַלְמֹן וַאֲחִימָן וַאֲחִיהֶם שַׁלּוּם הָרֹֽאשׁ

And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother Shallum the chief;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Akkub?

Akkub — עקוב in Hebrew — has a gematria of 178 in the standard method.

How many times is Akkub named in the Tanakh?

8 times, first at Ezra 2:42.

A spelling is not a name. The written word עקוב stands 7 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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