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Akkub

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6126

עַקּוּב

aq.quv — Akkub

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Hodaviah (H1938), Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Johanan (H3110I), Delaiah (H1806) and Anani (H6054) § Akkub = "insidious" 1) son of Elioenai and descendant of David through Zerubbabel 2) a head of a family returning from exile 3) head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile 4) a Levite gatekeeper 5) a Levite who helped Ezra expound the law to the people 6) a Levite gatekeeper after the return from exile

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H475

אֶלְיָשִׁיב

el.ya.shiv — Eliashib

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Hodaviah (H1938), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I), Delaiah (H1806) and Anani (H6054) § Eliashib = "God restores" 1) a priest in David's reign 2) a descendant of David 3) a high priest in Nehemiah's time 4) a temple singer with foreign wife 5) one of the line of Zattu 6) one of the line of Bani

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1806

דְּלָיָ֫הוּ

de.la.yah — Delaiah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Hodaviah (H1938), Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I) and Anani (H6054) § Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn" 1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course 2) a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim 3) the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel 4) a descendant of Zerubbabel 5) the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1938

הוֹדַוְיָה

ho.dav.yah — Hodaviah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I), Delaiah (H1806) and Anani (H6054) Also named: ho.day.va.hu (הוֹדַיְוָהוּ "Hodaiah" H1939) § Hodaviah = "praise ye Jehovah" 1) a man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe on the east of Jordan 2) a man of Benjamin, son of Has-senuah 3) a Levite, who seems to have given his name to an important family in the tribe

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6054

עֲנָנִי

a.na.ni — Anani

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Hodaviah (H1938), Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I) and Delaiah (H1806) § Anani = "my cloud" the 7th son of Elioenai, descendant of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1939

הוֹדַיְוָהוּ

ho.day.va.hu — Hodaiah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I), Delaiah (H1806) and Anani (H6054) Another name of ho.dav.yah (הוֹדַוְיָה "Hodaviah" H1938G) § Hodaiah = "praise ye Jehovah" son of the royal line of Judah

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Historical dictionary entry

(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 Chr. 9:17; Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45). (3.) A descendant of David (1 Chr. 3:24).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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