GREEK · G9830
Ὡδουά
Hōdoua — Hodijah
Hodijah
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Hodijah
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1941
הוֹדִיָּה
ho.diy.yah — Hodiah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.8.7; also called Judah (NIV: Hodaviah) at Ezr.3.9; 1x Also named: ye.hu.dah (יְהוּדָה "Judah" H3063M) § Hodijah = "my majesty is Jehovah" 1) a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah 2) another Levite at the same time 3) a chief of the people at the same time
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Majesty of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in expounding the law (Neh. 8:7; 9:5). (2.) Neh. 10:18, a Levite who sealed the covenant.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.