1938

hōdawyā הוֹדַוְיָה ‘Hodaviah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from hōd הוֹד ‘splendor’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: הוד יה

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

Mentioned in Ezra 2:40 1 Chronicles 5:24, 9:7

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