(n the secret of the Lord) father of one of the repairers of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:6)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
bes-o-de'-ya, bes-o-di'-a (becodheyah, "in the confidence or counsel of Yah"; compare Jer 23:18,22; and HPN, 207, 221, 286): Father of Meshullam, the builder (Ne 3:6).