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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Nekoda</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/n/nekoda.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/ezra/2-48.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/n/nekoda.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Nekoda</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/naves/n/nekeb--a_city_in_territory_of_the_tribe_of_naphtali.htm" title="Nekeb: A City in Territory of the Tribe of Naphtali">◄</a> Nekoda <a href="/topical/n/neko'da.htm" title="Neko'da">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#hit" title="Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary">Hitchcock's</a> • <a href="#smi" title="Smith's Bible Dictionary">Smith's</a> • <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Nekoda is a name found in the Old Testament, specifically within the post-exilic period of Israel's history. The name appears in the context of the lists of returnees from the Babylonian exile, as recorded in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. These lists are significant as they document the families and individuals who returned to Jerusalem and Judah to rebuild the temple and restore the community after the Babylonian captivity.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/ezra/2-48.htm">Ezra 2:48-60</a></b> · In the book of Ezra, Nekoda is mentioned among the Nethinim, a group of temple servants who returned with Zerubbabel. The passage lists the descendants of Nekoda as part of a larger group of temple servants: "The descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth-hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami. All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants numbered 392." (<a href="/ezra/2-56.htm">Ezra 2:56-58</a>).<br><br>2. <b><a href="/nehemiah/7-50.htm">Nehemiah 7:50-52</a></b> · Similarly, in Nehemiah, the descendants of Nekoda are again listed among the Nethinim who returned to Jerusalem. This list closely parallels the one found in Ezra, underscoring the importance of these individuals in the restoration efforts: "The descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseah..." (<a href="/nehemiah/7-50.htm">Nehemiah 7:50-51</a>).<br><br>3. <b><a href="/nehemiah/7-62.htm">Nehemiah 7:62</a></b> · Additionally, the descendants of Nekoda are mentioned in a separate list of those who could not prove their Israelite ancestry: "The descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, the descendants of Nekoda, 642." (<a href="/nehemiah/7-62.htm">Nehemiah 7:62</a>). This indicates that some of the descendants of Nekoda faced challenges in establishing their genealogical records, which was a significant issue for those returning from exile, as it affected their status and rights within the community.<br><br><b>Historical and Theological Context:</b><br><br>The mention of Nekoda and his descendants highlights the broader theme of restoration and continuity within the post-exilic community. The return from Babylonian exile was a pivotal moment in Jewish history, marked by efforts to reestablish religious practices, rebuild the temple, and restore the identity of the Israelite people. The inclusion of the Nethinim, including the descendants of Nekoda, in these efforts underscores the collaborative nature of this restoration process, involving various groups and families.<br><br>The Nethinim, to which the descendants of Nekoda belonged, were a group of temple servants assigned to assist the Levites in their duties. Their role was crucial in maintaining the daily operations and rituals of the temple, which was central to the religious life of the community. The presence of the Nethinim in the lists of returnees reflects the importance of worship and temple service in the reestablished community.<br><br>The challenges faced by some descendants of Nekoda in proving their lineage also reflect the broader issues of identity and belonging that were prevalent during the post-exilic period. The need for genealogical records was not only a matter of religious and social status but also a means of preserving the distinct identity of the Israelite people amidst the surrounding nations.<br><br>In summary, Nekoda and his descendants represent a small yet significant part of the larger narrative of return and restoration in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Their inclusion in the biblical record serves as a testament to the diverse and collective efforts of the Israelite community to rebuild and renew their covenant relationship with God following the exile.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Nekoda</span><p>painted; inconstant<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Nekoda</span><p>(<i>distinguished</i>). <ol> <li>The descendants of Nekoda returned among the Nethinim after the captivity. (<a href="/ezra/2-48.htm">Ezra 2:48</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/7-50.htm">Nehemiah 7:50</a>)</li> <li>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. (<a href="/ezra/2-60.htm">Ezra 2:60</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/7-62.htm">Nehemiah 7:62</a>)</li> </ol><a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">NEKODA</span><p>ne-ko'-da (neqodha'):<br><br>(1) Head of a family of Nethinim (<a href="/ezra/2-48.htm">Ezra 2:48</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-50.htm">Nehemiah 7:50</a>; compare 1Es 5:31).<br><br>(2) Head of a family which failed to prove its Israelite descent (<a href="/ezra/2-60.htm">Ezra 2:60</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-62.htm">Nehemiah 7:62</a>; compare 1Es 5:31, 37). In the parallel verses of 1 Esdras the names are given thus: NOEBA and NEKODAN (which see).<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5353.htm"><span class="l">5353. Neqoda -- head of a family of Nethinim</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5352, 5353. Neqoda. 5354 . head of a family of Nethinim. Transliteration: Neqoda<br> Phonetic Spelling: (nek-o-daw') Short Definition: <b>Nekoda</b>. <b>...</b> <b>Nekoda</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5353.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/n/nekoda.htm"><span class="l"><b>Nekoda</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>NEKODA</b>. ne-ko'-da (neqodha'): (1) Head of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:48 Nehemiah<br> 7:50; compare 1Es 5:31). <b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Nekoda</b> (4 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nekoda.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/neko'da.htm"><span class="l">Neko'da (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Neko'da. <b>Nekoda</b>, Neko'da. Nekodan . <b>...</b> Neko'da (4 Occurrences). Ezra 2:48 the children<br> of Rezin, the children of <b>Nekoda</b>, the children of Gazzam; (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/neko'da.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nekodan.htm"><span class="l">Nekodan</span></a><br><b>...</b> ne-ko'-dan (Nekodan; the Revised Version margin "<b>Nekoda</b>"; the King James Version<br> Necodan): (1) Head of a family which returned from exile, but "could not show <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nekodan.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tobijah.htm"><span class="l">Tobijah (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV). Ezra 2:60 The children of Delaiah, the children<br> of Tobijah, the children of <b>Nekoda</b>, six hundred and fifty-two. (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tobijah.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tobi'ah.htm"><span class="l">Tobi'ah (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Tobi'ah (15 Occurrences). Ezra 2:60 the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah,<br> the children of <b>Nekoda</b>, six hundred fifty and two. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tobi'ah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/delai'ah.htm"><span class="l">Delai'ah (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See RSV). Ezra 2:60 the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the<br> children of <b>Nekoda</b>, six hundred fifty and two. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/delai'ah.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/delaiah.htm"><span class="l">Delaiah (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). Ezra 2:60 the children of Delaiah, the<br> children of Tobiah, the children of <b>Nekoda</b>, six hundred fifty-two. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/delaiah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rezin.htm"><span class="l">Rezin (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezra 2:48 the children of Rezin, the children of <b>Nekoda</b>, the children of Gazzam,<br> (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Nehemiah <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rezin.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tobiah.htm"><span class="l">Tobiah (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Tobiah (14 Occurrences). Ezra 2:60 the children of Delaiah,<br> the children of Tobiah, the children of <b>Nekoda</b>, six hundred fifty-two. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tobiah.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/noeba.htm"><span class="l">Noeba</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia NOEBA. no'-e-ba (Noeba): Head of one of the families<br> of temple-servants (1 Esdras 5:31) equals "<b>Nekoda</b>" of Ezra 2:48. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/noeba.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Nekoda (4 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/2-48.htm">Ezra 2:48</a></span><br />the children of Rezin, the children of <span class="boldtext">Nekoda</span>, the children of Gazzam,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/2-60.htm">Ezra 2:60</a></span><br />the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of <span class="boldtext">Nekoda</span>, six hundred fifty-two.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-50.htm">Nehemiah 7:50</a></span><br />the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of <span class="boldtext">Nekoda</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-62.htm">Nehemiah 7:62</a></span><br />The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of <span class="boldtext">Nekoda</span>, six hundred forty-two.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/n/nekoda.htm">Nekoda</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/n/nekoda--name_of_two_jewish_exiles.htm">Nekoda: Name of Two Jewish Exiles</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nekoda.htm">Nekoda (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nekodan.htm">Nekodan</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/n/nekeb--a_city_in_territory_of_the_tribe_of_naphtali.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nekeb: A City in Territory of the Tribe of Naphtali"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nekeb: A City in Territory of the Tribe of Naphtali" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/n/neko'da.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Neko'da"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Neko'da" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>