Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1937: הוֹדְוָה

Hôwdᵉvâh · pronounced ho-dev-aw' · “Hodevah”

Definition

Hodevah (or Hodevjah), an Israelite

KJV translates it as: Hodevah.

Word origin: a form of H1938 (הוֹדַוְיָה);

Extended definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.40; also called Hodevah at Neh.7.43; Judah at Ezr.3.9;
Another name of ho.dav.yah (הוֹדַוְיָה "Hodaviah" H1938J)
§ Hodevah = "praise of Jehovah"
the head of a Levitical family returning from Exile in the time of Nehemiah

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1937 is translated

  • hodaviah ×1

Bible verses with H1937 (Hôwdᵉvâh)

Hôwdᵉvâh appears in 1 verse.

  • Nehemiah 7:43

    The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.