JOIADA

joi'-a-da (yoyadha`, "Yahweh knows"; compare JEHOIADA ):

(1) A repairer of the Jerusalem walls (Nehemiah 3:6); the King James Version "Jehoiada."

(2) Son of Eliashib the high priest (Nehemiah 12:10-11,22; 13:28).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.