Akkub (another form of Jacob). (1.) The head of one of the families of Nethinim (Ezra 2:45). (2.) A Levite who kept the gate of the temple after the return from Babylon (1 Chronicles 9:17; Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45). (3.) A descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:24). Easton's Bible Dictionary