(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).
Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.