Reference: Hodiah

1. One of Mered's two wives. Mother to the fathers or founders of Keilah and Eshtemoa (1Ch 4:19). The same as Jehudijah (but Keil gives reason for Hodiah being a man (See JEHUDIJAH) ) "the Jewess" (1Ch 4:18), to distinguish her from his other wife Bithiah ("worshipper of Jehovah"), an Egyptian princess, daughter of Pharaoh, a convert from idolatry.

2. HODIJAH. Ne 8:7; 9:5; 10:10,13,18.

1. A man of Judah (1Ch 4:19). AV wrongly takes it as a woman's name. 2. A Levite (Ne 8:7; 9:5; 10:10). 3. Another Levite (Ne 10:13). 4. One of those who sealed the covenant (Ne 10:18).

Hodi'ah

One of the wives of Ezra, of Judah. 1Ch 4:19. The same apparently as JEHUDIJAH, which signifies 'the Jewess,' in 1Ch 4:18.

Hodi'ah

(majesty of Jehovah), one of the two wives of Ezra, a man of Judah.

1Ch 4:19

She is doubtless the same person as Jehudijah in ver. 18.