Bible Person

Hakupha

Meaning: a commandment of the mouth · Male · 2 cross references

Hakupha is a Nethinim family or servant-house name listed among the returnees in Ezra and Nehemiah. It belongs to the service households that help make post-exilic worship function day by day. First appears in Ezra 2:51.1

AI summary: Hakupha matters because the cross references place the name among the temple-servant groups whose practical labor undergirds restored worship. Even a small entry like this broadens the picture of restoration from famous leaders to the many families who carried daily responsibilities. Taken together, the material presents Hakupha as a servant-house contributing to the operational reality of post-exilic sacred life.1

Central Figure

Hakupha

Meaning: a commandment of the mouth