H1937 H1937
Hodevah — variant form of Hodaviah, a Levitical family name
A Levitical family name appearing in Nehemiah's list of returnees from exile. This represents a variant spelling (Ketiv) of Hodaviah, which appears in the parallel passage in Ezra. Such textual variants between Ezra and Nehemiah are common, as both books draw from similar temple archives but preserve different manuscript traditions.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The translations consistently render this as a proper name, with Spanish indicating the family relationship ('of Hodaviah') while English uses the name directly. The prepositional prefix in Hebrew (ל) marks this as 'sons of Hodevah,' indicating a family or clan grouping within the Levitical structure. 1×
AR["لِهودَوا"]·ben["-হোদবীয়ার"]·DE["[להודוה]"]·EN["Hodevah"]·FR["[להודוה]"]·heb["ל-הודוה"]·HI["होदव्याह-के"]·ID["Hodewa"]·IT["[להודוה]"]·jav["kangge-Hodewa"]·KO["호드와의"]·PT["Hodvah"]·RU["Ходавьяху"]·ES["de-Hodavías"]·SW["Hodewa"]·TR["Hodeva'nın"]·urd["ہودویاہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† הודוה Kt, הוֹדְיָה Qr, n.pr.m. only in בְּנֵי לְה׳ Ne 7:43 of a Levitical family; = הוֹדַוְיָה Ezr 2:40 q.v. sub ידה.