(
É᾿áííÜ
, prob. for Heb.
éִðָּä
, yannah', flourishing, although no corresponding name occurs in the O.T.), the father of Melchi and son of Joseph, named as the sixth in ascent from Christ on his mother's side (Luk_3:24). B.C. cir. 200. SEE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST.