Akiva or Akiba is a Jewish-ethnic name, arising in
Aramaic from
Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, and thus cognate to
EnglishJacob.
Among Jews, "Ya'akov" and "Akiva" - though essentially variants of the same name - are treated as completely separate, arousing different historical and religious associations: the one recalls the Biblical Patriarch
Jacob, the other relates to the Roman period
Rabbi Akiva.
Akiva
Rabbi Akiva (c. 50 – c. 135 AD), Judean religious leader
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Akiva or Akiba is a Jewish-ethnic name, arising in
Aramaic from
Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, and thus cognate to
EnglishJacob.
Among Jews, "Ya'akov" and "Akiva" - though essentially variants of the same name - are treated as completely separate, arousing different historical and religious associations: the one recalls the Biblical Patriarch
Jacob, the other relates to the Roman period
Rabbi Akiva.
Akiva
Rabbi Akiva (c. 50 – c. 135 AD), Judean religious leader
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.