Akiva

English

Alternative forms

• Akiba

Etymology

From Hebrew יַעֲקֹב.

Proper noun

Akiva

1. Synonym of Jacob; A male given name from Hebrew
   • 2011 September 27, Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, →ISBN:

     Akiva stood at the edge of a rooftop terrace in Riyadh, peering down at a doorway in the lane below.

2. Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph (Rabbi Akiva), a major figure in Jewish history, a tanna of the late first century and early second century who contributed to the Mishnah and Midrash Halakha
   • 2015, Reuven Hammer, Akiva: Life, Legend, Legacy, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN:

     Yet one must be careful not to come to the conclusion that Akiva used only esoteric ways of interpreting the Torah.