Joiada - joiŽa-da

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

 

 (יוידע, yōyādhā‛, “Yahweh knows”; compare JEHOIADA):

(1) A repairer of the Jerusalem walls (Neh_3:6); the King James Version “Jehoiada.”

(2) Son of Eliashib the high priest (Neh_12:10, Neh_12:11, Neh_12:22; Neh_13:28).

 

Taken from: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr, M.A., D.D., General Editor