Bible Dictionary
Hodevah
Hodevah was a Levite family head whose descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel. The name is an alternate form related to Hodaviah and Hodeiah.
Definition
Hodevah, meaning “splendor of Yah,” was a Levite and founder or head of a Levite family. His descendants included seventy-four persons who returned from exile with Zerubbabel.
Biblical Usage
Hodevah appears in the postexilic list of returning Levites. The name is associated elsewhere with Hodaviah and Hodeiah, and with Judah in a related record.
Historical Background
The return is dated to 538 B.C. The supplied material regards Hodevah, Hodeiah, and Hodaviah as variant or slightly corrupted forms in the postexilic genealogies.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(praise ye Jehovah). (Nehemiah 7:43) [Hodaviah]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ho-de'-va, ho'-de-va (hodhewah, hodheyah, "splendor of Yah"): A Levite and founder of a Levite family, seventy-four of whom returned from exile with Zerubbabel, 538 BC (Ne 7:43). the American Revised Version, margin gives as another reading "Hodeiah." In Ezr 2:40 he is called Hodaviah, of which Hodevah and Hodeiah are slight textual corruptions, and in Ezr 3:9 Judah, a name practically synonymous.</p>