Hôwdavyâh — H1938

Definition

masculine proper noun

Hodavjah, the name of three Israelites

1. Hodaviah = "praise ye Jehovah"
2. a man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe on the east of Jordan
3. a man of Benjamin, son of Has-senuah
4. a Levite, who seems to have given his name to an important family in the tribe

Usually translated as

Hodaviah

Origin

from H1935 and H3050; majesty of Jah

• Derived from Hôwd (H1935)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Hôwdavyâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1)

• 1 Chronicles 5:24 — And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah (וְהוֹדַוְיָ֜ה), and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
• 1 Chronicles 9:7 — And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah (הוֹדַוְיָ֖ה), the son of Hasenuah,
• Ezra 2:40 — The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah (הוֹדַוְיָ֖ה), seventy and four.