Akiva

Common synonyms include: forename, given name, jewish sage, mishnaic sage, personal name, rabbinic scholar.

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Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A male given name from Hebrew.
"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
"Yet one must be careful not to come to the conclusion that Akiva used only esoteric ways of interpreting the Torah."

"Rabbi Akiva recited the Shema as he was flayed by the Romans."

From Hebrew יַעֲקֹב.