A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.40; also called Hodevah at Neh.7.43; Judah at Ezr.3.9;
§ Hodaviah = "praise ye Jehovah"
1) a man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe on the east of Jordan
2) a man of Benjamin, son of Has-senuah
3) a Levite, who seems to have given his name to an important family in the tribe