Akkub [Ăk'kŭb]—cunning, artful or lain in wait.

1. A son of Elioenai, of the family of David (1 Chron. 3:24).
2. A porter in the second temple (1 Chron. 9:17; Neh. 11:19; 12:25), and founder of family of hereditary porters (Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45).
3. The chief of a family of the Nethinims who came to Jerusalem after the exile (Ezra 2:45).
4. A priest employed by Ezra to expound the Law to the people (Neh. 8:7).