Nekoda
נְקוֹדָא/neh-KOH-duh/
“Distinguished”
Summary
Nekoda was the name of two individuals whose families returned from the Babylonian exile, one a head of temple servants and another whose descendants could not prove their Israelite lineage.
☩Identities
Two men named Nekoda are mentioned among those returning from exile. The first was the head of a family of Nethinim (temple servants) who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon. The second is mentioned as the progenitor of certain persons who could not prove their genealogy upon the return from exile, raising questions about whether they were truly Israelites or descendants of non-Israelite temple servants.
Key verses:Ezra 2:48Ezra 2:60Nehemiah 7:50Nehemiah 7:62