Bible Dictionaries
Hodiah

Holman Bible Dictionary

(hoh di' uh) Personal name meaning, “Yah is majestic.” 1. Member of tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:19 ), though Hebrew text had led translators to interpret Hodiah as a wife (REB, KJV), the husband of Naham's sister (TEV), or the father (NAS, NIV, NRSV). Other scholars would assume copyists have changed the text from an original “sons of his wife the Jewess.” 2. A Levite who helped Ezra explain the meaning of the Law to the people (Nehemiah 8:7; note KJV spelling, Hodijah) and had a leading part in Israel's confession of sin and worship (Nehemiah 9:5 ). He signed Nehemiah's covenant to obey God's law (Nehemiah 10:10 ). Another Levite and a leader of the people with the same name also signed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:13 ,Nehemiah 10:13,10:18 ).