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Hodiah

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Hodiah was a wife of Ezra of Judah and is probably the same woman elsewhere called Jehudijah.

Definition

Hodiah, meaning “majesty of Jehovah,” was one of the two wives of Ezra, a man of Judah. She is probably the same woman called Jehudijah in the same genealogical passage.

Biblical Usage

Hodiah appears in the genealogy of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4:19. Her biblical identification is connected with Ezra and with the name Jehudijah.

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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(majesty of Jehovah), one of the two wives of Ezra, a man of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:19) She is doubtless the same person as Jehudijah in ver. 18.
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