Joda jo'-da (Westcott-Hort, Greek New Testament, Ioda; Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Iouda):
(1) A Levite, whose sons were "over the works of the Lord," corresponding to Sudias (Ezra 5:26), Hodaviah (Ezra 2:40), Judah (Ezra 3:9), Hodevah (Nehemiah 7:43).
(2) An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy (Luke 3:26, the King James Version "Juda").