Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia NEKODAN ne-ko'-dan (Nekodan; the Revised Version margin "Nekoda"; the King James Version Necodan): (1) Head of a family which returned from exile, but "could not show their families nor their stock" (1 Esdras 5:37) equals "Nekoda" of Ezra 2:60 Nehemiah 7:62. (2) See NOEBA.