(Akʹkub) [probably, One Seizing the Heel; Supplanter].

1. Father of a family of Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, 537 B.C.E.​—Ezr 2:1, 2, 43, 45.

2. A postexilic Levitical gatekeeper and family head of gatekeepers.​—1Ch 9:17; Ezr 2:42; Ne 7:45; 11:19; 12:25.

3. One of the 13 Levites who assisted Ezra with “explaining the law to the people.”​—Ne 8:7, 8.

4. Fourth named of seven sons of Elioenai, among the last descendants of David enrolled in Hebrew Scripture genealogy.​—1Ch 3:24.