1. A Levite (1Es 5:58); called in Ezr 3:9 Judah; elsewhere Hodaviah, Ezr 2:40; Hodevah, Ne 7:43; Sudias, 1Es 5:26. 2. An ancestor of Jesus (Lu 3:26).
The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Hodaviah, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.
The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.
The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
Jo'da
in Revised Version for JUDA.
See Juda
Lu 3:26
The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain