hodiah Summary and Overview

(majesty of Jehovah), one of the two wives of Ezra, a man of Judah. #1Ch 4:19| She is doubtless the same person as Jehudijah in ver. 18.

HODI'AH (splendor of Jehorah), a woman, the wife of a Judite, 1 Chr 4:19; perhaps same as Jehudijah. 1 Chron 4:18.

1. One of Mered's two wives. Mother to the fathers or founders of Keilah and Eshtemoa (1 Chronicles 4:19). The same as Jehudijah (but Keil gives reason for Hodiah being a man (See JEHUDIJAH)) "the Jewess" (1 Chronicles 4:18), to distinguish her from his other wife Bithiah ("worshipper of Jehovah"), an Egyptian princess, daughter of Pharaoh, a convert from idolatry. 2. HODIJAH. Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 10:13; Nehemiah 10:18.