Hodaviah

Of the tribe of Manasseh. (1 Chron. v. 24.) His name is compounded of Hod, praise, and Jah, the Lord.

Hodavi’ah. (Praise ye Jehovah).

1. A man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe, on the east of Jordan, 1Ch 5:24. (B.C. 720).

2. A man of Benjamin, son of Has-senuah. 1Ch 9:7.

3. A Levite, who seems to have given his name, to an important family in the tribe. Ezr 2:40. (B.C. before 536).

1. 1Ch 5:24.

2. 1Ch 9:7.

3. Head of "the children of Hodaviah" or Hodevah (who returned with Zerubbabel); akin to the name Judah (Ezr 2:40; Ezr 3:9, margin; Neh 7:43).

[Hodav’iah]

1. A chief of Manasseh on the east of the Jordan. 1Ch 5:24.

2. Son of Hasenuah, a Benjamite. 1Ch 9:7.

3. Ancestor of some Levites who returned from exile. Ezr 2:40. Called HODEVAH in Neh 7:43.

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By: Emil G. Hirsch, M. Seligsohn

1. The son of Elioenai, one of the last members of the royal line of Judah (I Chron. iii. 24, the "ketib" being ). 2. A Levite, founder of an important family of Levites (Ezra ii. 40). In the parallel list of Nehemiah (vii. 43) the name is written , but its "ḳeri" is .

HODAVIAH.—1. A Manassite clan (1Ch 5:24). 2. The name of a Benjamite family (1Ch 9:7). 3. A Levitical family name (Ezr 2:40); called in Neh 7:43 Hodevah. 4. A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24).

hod-a-vı̄´a (הודויה, hōdhawyāh, or הודויהוּ, hōdhawyāhū; the Septuagint’s Codex Alexandrinus, Ὡδουία, Hōdouı́a):

(1) One of the heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh on the east of the Jordan (1Ch 5:24).

(2) A Benjamite, the son of Hassenuah (1Ch 9:7).

(3) A Levite, who seems to have been the head of an important family in that tribe (Ezr 2:40). In Neh 7:43 the name is Hodevah (הודוה, hōdh^ewāh; Ḳ^erē הודיה, hōdh^eyāh). Compare Ezr 3:9.

(4) A son of Elioenai, and a descendant of David (1Ch 3:24; הודיוהוּ, hōdhaywāhū; Ḳ^erē הודויהוּ, hōdhawyāhū, the King James Version “Hodaiah”).

1. Postexilic descendant of David (1 Chr 3:24).

2. Chieftain of Manasseh’s half-tribe east of the Jordan (1 Chr 5:24).

3. Hassenuah’s son and the father of Meshullam from Benjamin’s tribe (1 Chr 9:7).

4. Progenitor of a family of Levites who returned with the exiles from Babylon (Ezr 2:40); alternately called Judah in Ezra 3:9 and Hodevah in Nehemiah 7:43.

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