Nekoda

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Neko'da. (Distinguished).

1. The descendants of Nekoda, who returned among the Nethinim, after the captivity.  Ezra 2:48;  Nehemiah 7:50.

2. The sons of Nekoda were among those, who went up after the captivity from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, and other places, but were unable to prove their descent from Israel.  Ezra 2:60;  Nehemiah 7:62.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

NEKODA. 1 . Eponym of a family of Nethinim (  Ezra 2:48 =   Nehemiah 7:60 ); called in 1Es 5:31 Noeba. 2. Name of a family which returned from the Exile, but were unable to prove their Israelitish descent (  Ezra 2:60 =   Nehemiah 7:62 ); called in 1Es 5:37 Nekodan.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Ancestor of some Nethinim who returned from exile.  Ezra 2:48;  Nehemiah 7:50 .

2. One whose descendants could not prove their descent from Israel.   Ezra 2:60;  Nehemiah 7:62 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 2:48 Nehemiah 7:50 2 Nehemiah 7:62

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 2:48;  Ezra 2:60-62.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Nekoda', נְקוֹדָא , Distinguished; Sept. Νεκωδά , v.r. Νεχωδά and Νεκωδάν ), the head of a family of the "Temple servants" who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon ( Ezra 2:48;  Nehemiah 7:50). B.C. 535. A man of the same name is mentioned in  Ezra 2:60;  Nehemiah 7:62, as the progenitor of certain persons who on the return from Babylon had lost their pedigree, from which it would seem that they claimed to be Israelites; but as the Nethinim are mentioned immediately before, and neither of the associated names occurs again, we may presume that they were finally determined to be descendants of the above-named non-Israelite (see Keil, ad loc.). (See Nethinim).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

nḗ - kō´da ( נקודא , neḳōdhā' ):

(1) Head of a family of Nethinim ( Ezra 2:48;  Nehemiah 7:50; compare 1 Esdras 5:31).

(2) Head of a family which failed to prove its Israelite descent ( Ezra 2:60;  Nehemiah 7:62; compare 1 Esdras 5:31, 37). In the parallel verses of 1 Esdras the names are given thus: Noeba and Nekodan (which see).