עֲקִיבָא II, ‘Ãḳiba, a renowned Tannai who began to study at an advanced age, and who, after taking part in the insurrection of Bar Kokhba, died a martyr. Yeb. 16ᵃ אתה הוא ע׳ בן יוסף וכ׳ art thou that ʿÃ. ben Joseph whose fame goes from one end of the world to the other? Ab. Zar. 5ᵃ כיון שהגיע לדורו של ר׳ ע׳ when he (Adam, in the revelations he received) came to the days of R. A., he rejoiced &c.; v. עָצַב. Ber. 61ᵇ (the story of his martyrdom). Sot. V, 1. Gen. R. s. 1; a. v. fr.—V. Fr. Darkhé Mish., p. 111 sq.