Hebrew word · H1941

הוֹדִיָּה

hodiyah

Hodiah

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7; also called Judah (NIV: Hodaviah) at Ezr.3.9; 1x

Also named: ye.hu.dah (יְהוּדָה "Judah" H3063M)

§ Hodijah = "my majesty is Jehovah"

1) a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah

2) another Levite at the same time

3) a chief of the people at the same time

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Nehemiah · 5

  1. Nehemiah 8:7 הֽוֹדִיָּ֡ה Hodiah

    The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.

    Here: Probably 'YHWH is splendour'. A Levite named Hodiah calls the people to praise in Neh 9:5.

  2. Nehemiah 9:5 הֽוֹדִיָּה֙ Hodiah

    Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

    Here: Probably 'YHWH is splendour' (from hod, majesty). He too appears in 8:7.

  3. Nehemiah 10:10 הֽוֹדִיָּ֛ה Hodiah

    and their associates: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

  4. Nehemiah 10:13 הוֹדִיָּ֥ה Hodiah

    Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.

  5. Nehemiah 10:18 הוֹדִיָּ֥ה Hodiah

    Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.