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Hodiah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(splendor). Wife of Ezra (1 Chron. 4:19¹⁹And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. (1 Chronicles 4:19)). Jehudijah (1 Chron. 4:18¹⁸And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. (1 Chronicles 4:18)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the wives of Ezra, of Judah (1 Chron. 4:19¹⁹And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. (1 Chronicles 4:19)). The same apparently as JEHUDIJAH, which signifies “the Jewess” in 1 Chronicles 4:18¹⁸And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. (1 Chronicles 4:18).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1940 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Howdiyah

Phonic:

ho-dee-yaw’

Meaning:

a form for the feminine of 3064; a Jewess

KJV Usage:

Hodiah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

my glory is Jah

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The praise of the Lord:― one of the two wives of Ezra, a man of Judah, 1 Chron. 4:19. {Laus Domini}