Biblical names

Akkub עקוב

Akkub (עקוב) is a person named in the Tanakh. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 9,194 sequences of Akkub, the shortest at skip 2 (Deuteronomy 19:11); chance alone would give about 9,073.

Found in the Torah
9,194
Chance alone
9,073
P (≥ found)
0.10
Shortest skip
2

Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.

In the Torah

At skips 2–5,000, עקוב appears 9,194 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 9,073, so the count is in line with chance.

The shortest skip at which עקוב appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Deuteronomy 19:11, reading backward.

At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), עקוב is found 96,258 times; chance alone would give about 94,544.

  • Genesis 2,771
  • Exodus 1,917
  • Leviticus 1,412
  • Numbers 1,938
  • Deuteronomy 1,156

The shortest skips

  1. Deuteronomy 19:11דברים יט:יאskip 2, backward

    וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶה אִישׁ שֹׂנֵא לְרֵעֵהוּ וְאָרַב לוֹ וְקָם עָלָיו וְהִכָּהוּ נֶפֶשׁ וָמֵת וְנָס אֶל־אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאֵֽל

    But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities;

    עקוב at skip 2, backward from Deuteronomy 19:11עהווארלוםליווהכהעקוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 280,978Open in the laboratory →

  2. Genesis 22:18בראשית כב:יחskip 3, forward

    וְהִתְבָּרֲכוּ בְזַרְעֲךָ כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ בְּקֹלִֽי

    and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.’

    עקוב at skip 3, forward from Genesis 22:18רץעקבאשרשמתבליישאברהםאלנערעקוב
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 28,061Open in the laboratory →

  3. Exodus 26:4שמות כו:דskip 3, forward

    וְעָשִׂיתָ לֻֽלְאֹת תְּכֵלֶת עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִקָּצָה בַּחֹבָרֶת וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה בִּשְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הַקִּיצוֹנָה בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית

    And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the first set; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second set.

    עקוב at skip 3, forward from Exodus 26:4שהבשפתהיריההיצנהמחברתהשניתעקוב
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 115,425Open in the laboratory →

  4. Exodus 36:11שמות לו:יאskip 3, forward

    וַיַּעַשׂ לֻֽלְאֹת תְּכֵלֶת עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הָֽאֶחָת מִקָּצָה בַּמַּחְבָּרֶת כֵּן עָשָׂה בִּשְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הַקִּיצוֹנָה בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית

    And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain that was outmost in the first set; likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second set.

    עקוב at skip 3, forward from Exodus 36:11שהבשפתהיריההיצנהמחברתהשניתעקוב
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 133,403Open in the laboratory →

  5. Exodus 37:17שמות לז:יזskip 3, backward

    וַיַּעַשׂ אֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה זָהָב טָהוֹר מִקְשָׁה עָשָׂה אֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה יְרֵכָהּ וְקָנָהּ גְּבִיעֶיהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶיהָ מִמֶּנָּה הָיֽוּ

    And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it.

    עקוב at skip 3, backward from Exodus 37:17שאתהמנרהזהטהרמשהשהאתהמנרהיעקוב
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 135,528Open in the laboratory →

Across the Tanakh

The whole Tanakh holds 35,888 sequences of עקוב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 35,712).

  • Genesis 2,771
  • Exodus 1,917
  • Leviticus 1,412
  • Numbers 1,938
  • Deuteronomy 1,243
  • Joshua 1,097
  • Judges 1,127
  • Samuel 2,385
  • Kings 2,582
  • Isaiah 2,677
  • Jeremiah 2,486
  • Ezekiel 1,820
  • The Twelve 1,867
  • Psalms 2,584
  • Proverbs 1,240
  • Job 1,235
  • Song of Songs 141
  • Ruth 140
  • Lamentations 143
  • Ecclesiastes 310
  • Esther 209
  • Daniel 739
  • Ezra–Nehemiah 1,154
  • Chronicles 2,671

Outside the Torah

  1. 1 Samuel 17:49שמואל א יז:מטskip 2, backward

    וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד אֶת־יָדוֹ אֶל־הַכֶּלִי וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אֶבֶן וַיְקַלַּע וַיַּךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֶל־מִצְחוֹ וַתִּטְבַּע הָאֶבֶן בְּמִצְחוֹ וַיִּפֹּל עַל־פָּנָיו אָֽרְצָה

    And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slung it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.

    עקוב at skip 2, backward from 1 Samuel 17:49קחמשםאןילויךאתהפעקוב
    skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column.

    letter 412,228Open in the laboratory →

  2. Judges 7:20שופטים ז:כskip 3, forward

    וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת הָרָאשִׁים בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת וַיִּשְׁבְּרוּ הַכַּדִּים וַיַּחֲזִיקוּ בְיַד־שְׂמאוֹלָם בַּלַּפִּדִים וּבְיַד־יְמִינָם הַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת לִתְקוֹעַ וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ חֶרֶב לַֽיהוָה וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן

    And the three companies blew the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried: ‘The sword for the LORD and for Gideon! ’

    עקוב at skip 3, forward from Judges 7:20שופרותלתקוויראחרליקוקולגדעעקוב
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 357,301Open in the laboratory →

  3. Psalms 71:18תהלים עא:יחskip 3, forward

    וְגַם עַד־זִקְנָה וְשֵׂיבָה אֱלֹהִים אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵנִי עַד־אַגִּיד זְרוֹעֲךָ לְדוֹר לְכָל־יָבוֹא גְּבוּרָתֶֽךָ

    And even unto old age and hoary hairs, O God, forsake me not; Until I have declared Thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

    עקוב at skip 3, forward from Psalms 71:18פלאותיךוגםדזנהשיהאלהיםאלתעעקוב
    skip 3, width 3 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column.

    letter 894,907Open in the laboratory →

The spelling

עקוב — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עקוב, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 178.

As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 9:3. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →

Questions

Is Akkub in the Bible code?

At skips 2–5,000, עקוב appears 9,194 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 9,073, so the count is in line with chance.

What is the shortest skip for Akkub in the Torah?

Skip 2, reading backward from Deuteronomy 19:11 — the shortest of 9,194 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 9,073.

What is the gematria of Akkub in Hebrew?

Akkub is spelled עקוב — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 178.

How many times is Akkub found in the whole Tanakh?

The whole Tanakh holds 35,888 sequences of עקוב at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 35,712).

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