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Hodevah
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
hō̇ - dē´va , hō´dē̇ - va ( הודוה , hōdhewāh , הודיה , hōdheyāh , "splendor of Yah"): A L evite and founder of a Levite family, seventy-four of whom returned from exile with Zerubbabel, 538 bc (Nehemiah 7:43 ). the American Revised Version, margin gives as another reading "Hodeiah." In Ezra 2:40 he is called Hodaviah, of which Hodevah and Hodeiah are slight textual corruptions, and in Ezra 3:9 Judah, a name practically synonymous.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Hodevah'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/h/hodevah.html. 1915.