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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

ja-ku'-bus (Iakoubos; Codex Vaticanus reads Iarsouboos): In 1 Esdras 9:48 = "Akkub" in Ne 8:7, a Levite who helped in the exposition of the law.