1. Luke 3:30.
2. Son of Joanna or Hananiah (Luke 3:26) = Abiud (Ab being prefixed), Matthew 1:13. Their times agree, omitting Rhesa of Luke, and allowing for Matthew's omission of generations, = Hodaiah (1 Chronicles 3:24).
3. One of Christ's "brethren" or cousins; brother of James; of the twelve; author of the EPISTLE (See JUDE.) (Mark 6:3; Matthew 13:55; Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13).