1. A Levite (1Es 5:58); called in Ezr 3:9 Judah; elsewhere Hodaviah, Ezr 2:40; Hodevah, Ne 7:43; Sudias, 1Es 5:26. 2. An ancestor of Jesus (Lu 3:26).
Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to oversee the workmen in the temple of God.
the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
Jo'da
in Revised Version for JUDA.
See Juda
Lu 3:26
the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,