Lexical Definition

‎נְקוֹדָא‎ Nᵉqôwdâʼ (nek-o-daw') Nekoda ^N:N-M-P
feminine of ‎נָקֹד‎ (in the figurative sense of marked); distinction

Nekoda.

• § Nekoda = "distinguished"
• Nekoda, a Temple-servant

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

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.48

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נְקוֺדָא‎ proper name, masculine head of a family of Nethinim Ezra 2:48; Ezra 2:60 = Neh 7:50; Neh 7:62, ᵐ5 Νεκωθα, Νεχωδα.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned from exile • A family of temple servants who returned from exile.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

The descendants of Nekoda were among the temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.48;
• only referred to as Nekoda נְקוֹדָא.

Nekoda is mentioned in Ezra 2:48 and Nehemiah 7:50 as one of the families of temple servants (also known as Nethinim) who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile. The temple servants were a group of individuals who assisted the Levites in the maintenance and operation of the temple.

According to the lists of returnees in both Ezra and Nehemiah, the descendants of Nekoda were among those who journeyed back to Jerusalem under the leadership of Zerubbabel, following the decree of King Cyrus of Persia, which allowed the Jews to return to their homeland and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-4).

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