International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ne-ko'-da (neqodha'):

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

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