hodaviah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
hodaviah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(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.)
hodaviah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
HODAVI'AH (splendor of Jehovah). 1. A Manassite, 1 Chr 5:24. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr 9:7. 3. A Levite, Ezr 2:40.
hodaviah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
1. 1 Chronicles 5:24. 2. 1 Chronicles 9:7. 3. Head of "the children of Hodaviah" or Hodevah (who returned with Zerubbabel); akin to the name Judah (Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9, margin; Nehemiah 7:43).