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The name Hodaviah is of Hebrew origin, meaning "praise of the LORD" or "Yahweh is my praise." This name is associated with different individuals across various genealogies and narratives, reflecting the rich tapestry of Israel's history and the importance of lineage in the biblical narrative.<br><br>1. <b>Hodaviah, the Descendant of Judah</b>: In the genealogical records of the tribe of Judah, Hodaviah is mentioned as a descendant of Judah through his son Shelah. This reference is found in <a href="/1_chronicles/4-19.htm">1 Chronicles 4:19</a>, where Hodaviah is listed among the sons of Shelah, indicating his place within the broader family tree of Judah, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This lineage underscores the fulfillment of God's promises to the patriarchs and the continuity of the tribe of Judah, from which King David and ultimately Jesus Christ would come.<br><br>2. <b>Hodaviah, the Levite</b>: Another individual named Hodaviah is identified as a Levite in the genealogical records of the tribe of Levi. In <a href="/1_chronicles/5-24.htm">1 Chronicles 5:24</a>, Hodaviah is mentioned as one of the leaders of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. This reference highlights the role of the Levites, who were set apart for religious duties and service in the tabernacle and later the temple. The Levites were integral to the spiritual life of Israel, and Hodaviah's inclusion in this lineage emphasizes the importance of maintaining the purity and dedication of those who served before the LORD.<br><br>3. <b>Hodaviah, the Exile Returnee</b>: In the post-exilic period, a group of returnees from Babylonian captivity included a family head named Hodaviah. <a href="/ezra/2-40.htm">Ezra 2:40</a> and <a href="/nehemiah/7-43.htm">Nehemiah 7:43</a> mention the sons of Hodaviah among the Levites who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. This return was part of the fulfillment of God's promise to restore His people to their land after the Babylonian exile. The mention of Hodaviah in this context highlights the faithfulness of God in preserving a remnant and the dedication of those who returned to rebuild the temple and restore the worship of Yahweh in Jerusalem.<br><br>The name Hodaviah, appearing in these various contexts, reflects the enduring legacy of faith and the centrality of worship in the life of Israel. Each mention of Hodaviah serves as a reminder of the diverse roles individuals played in the unfolding account of God's covenant people, from the tribal leaders and Levites to the faithful returnees who participated in the restoration of Jerusalem.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Hodaviah</span><p>Hodiah, Hodijah, same as Hodaiah<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Hodaviah</span><p>(<i>Praise ye Jehovah</i>). <ol> <li>A man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe on the east of Jordan (<a href="/1_chronicles/5-24.htm">1 Chronicles 5:24</a>) (B.C. 720.)</li> <li>A man of Benjamin, son of Has-senuah. (<a href="/1_chronicles/9-7.htm">1 Chronicles 9:7</a>)</li> <li>A Levite, who seems to have given his name to an important family in the tribe. (<a href="/ezra/2-40.htm">Ezra 2:40</a>) (B.C. before 536.)</li> </ol><a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">HODAVIAH</span><p>hod-a-vi'-a (hodhawyah, or hodhawyahu; the Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus, Hodouia):<br><br>(1) One of the heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh on the East of the Jordan (<a href="/1_chronicles/5-24.htm">1 Chronicles 5:24</a>).<br><br>(2) A Benjamite, the son of Hassenuah (<a href="/1_chronicles/9-7.htm">1 Chronicles 9:7</a>).<br><br>(3) A Levite, who seems to have been the head of an important family in that tribe (<a href="/ezra/2-40.htm">Ezra 2:40</a>). In <a href="/nehemiah/7-43.htm">Nehemiah 7:43</a> the name is Hodevah (hodhewah; Qere hodheyah). Compare <a href="/ezra/3-9.htm">Ezra 3:9</a>.<br><br>(4) A son of Elioenai, and a descendant of David (<a href="/1_chronicles/3-24.htm">1 Chronicles 3:24</a>; hodhaywahu; Qere hodhawyahu, the King James Version "Hodaiah").<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1938.htm"><span class="l">1938. Hodavyah -- an Israelite name</span></a><br><b>...</b> Hodavyah. 1939 . an Israelite name. Transliteration: Hodavyah Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ho-dav-yaw') Short Definition: <b>Hodaviah</b>. <b>...</b> name NASB Word Usage <b>Hodaviah</b> (3). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1938.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1939.htm"><span class="l">1939. Hodavyahu -- an Israelite name</span></a><br><b>...</b> an Israelite name. Transliteration: Hodavyahu Phonetic Spelling: (ho-dah-yeh-vaw'-<br> hoo) Short Definition: <b>Hodaviah</b>. <b>...</b> name NASB Word Usage <b>Hodaviah</b> (1). Hodaiah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1939.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/h/hodaviah.htm"><span class="l"><b>Hodaviah</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>HODAVIAH</b>. hod-a-vi'-a <b>...</b> Version "Hodaiah").<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Hodaviah</b> (6 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hodaviah.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hodavi'ah.htm"><span class="l">Hodavi'ah (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Hodavi'ah. <b>Hodaviah</b>, Hodavi'ah. Hod'avi'ah . <b>...</b> Ezra 2:40 The Levites: the children<br> of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of <b>Hodaviah</b>, seventy and four. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hodavi'ah.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kad'mi-el.htm"><span class="l">Kad'mi-el (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Kad'mi-el (8 Occurrences). Ezra 2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel,<br> of the children of <b>Hodaviah</b>, seventy and four. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kad'mi-el.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kadmiel.htm"><span class="l">Kadmiel (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Kadmiel (8 Occurrences). Ezra 2:40 The Levites: the children<br> of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of <b>Hodaviah</b>, seventy-four. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kadmiel.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/oversee.htm"><span class="l">Oversee (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezra 3:9 Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the<br> sons of <b>Hodaviah</b>, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/oversee.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/overseeing.htm"><span class="l">Overseeing (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezra 3:9 Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the<br> sons of <b>Hodaviah</b>, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/overseeing.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jah'di-el.htm"><span class="l">Jah'di-el (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 5:24 And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and<br> Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and <b>Hodaviah</b>, and Jahdiel, mighty <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jah'di-el.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/joha'nan.htm"><span class="l">Joha'nan (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See RSV). 1 Chronicles 3:24 And the sons of Elioenai: <b>Hodaviah</b>, and Eliashib, and<br> Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/joha'nan.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jishi.htm"><span class="l">Jishi (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 5:24 And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and<br> Jishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and <b>Hodaviah</b>, and Jahdiel, mighty <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jishi.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/johanan.htm"><span class="l">Johanan (31 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Chronicles 3:24 The sons of Elioenai: <b>Hodaviah</b>, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,<br> and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/johanan.htm - 21k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Hodaviah (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/3-24.htm">1 Chronicles 3:24</a></span><br />The sons of Elioenai: <span class="boldtext">Hodaviah</span>, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-24.htm">1 Chronicles 5:24</a></span><br />These were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and <span class="boldtext">Hodaviah</span>, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-7.htm">1 Chronicles 9:7</a></span><br />Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of <span class="boldtext">Hodaviah</span>, the son of Hassenuah,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/2-40.htm">Ezra 2:40</a></span><br />The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of <span class="boldtext">Hodaviah</span>, seventy-four.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/3-9.htm">Ezra 3:9</a></span><br />Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of <span class="boldtext">Hodaviah</span>, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-43.htm">Nehemiah 7:43</a></span><br />The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodeiah, seventy and four.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/h/hodaviah.htm">Hodaviah</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/hodaviah--a_benjamite.htm">Hodaviah: A Benjamite</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/hodaviah--a_chief_of_the_half-tribe_of_manasseh,_whose_inheritance_was_east_of_the_jordan_river.htm">Hodaviah: A Chief of the Half-Tribe of Manasseh, Whose Inheritance Was East of the Jordan River</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/h/hodaviah--a_levite.htm">Hodaviah: A Levite</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hodaviah.htm">Hodaviah (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hod'avi'ah.htm">Hod'avi'ah (1 Occurrence)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/h/hodaiah--son_of_elioenai.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' 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