Nekoda

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Nekoda: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a Levite; head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time
head of a clan of returnees lacking proof of being Israelites

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painted; inconstant

Hebrew

Strongs #05353: adwqn N@qowda'

Nekoda = "distinguished"

1) head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile to
Jerusalem with Zerubbabel
2) head of a family of exiles who were from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha,
Cherub, Addan, and Immer and who could not identify their father's
house or their genealogy being of Israel and who returned with
Zerubbabel

5353 Nqowda' nek-o-daw'

feminine of 5348 (in the figurative sense of marked);
distinction; Nekoda, a Temple-servant:-Nekoda.
see HEBREW for 05348

Nekoda [NAVE]

NEKODA, name of two Jewish exiles, Ezra 2:48, 60; Neh. 7:50, 62.

NEKODA [SMITH]

(distinguished).

1. The descendants of Nekoda 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)

NEKODA [ISBE]

NEKODA - ne-ko'-da (neqodha'):

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

(2) Head of a family which failed to prove its Israelite descent (Ezr 2:60; Neh 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).