Hodiah
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
1. One of Mered's two wives. Mother to the fathers or founders of Keilah and Eshtemoa ( 1 Chronicles 4:19). The same as Jehudijah (but Keil gives reason for Hodiah being a man (See Jehudijah )) "the Jewess" ( 1 Chronicles 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 Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 10:13; Nehemiah 10:18.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
HODIAH. 1. A man of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:19 ). AV [Note: Authorized Version.] wrongly takes it as a woman’s name. 2. A Levite ( Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10 ). 3. Another Levite ( Nehemiah 10:13 ). 4. One of those who sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:18 ).
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
1 Chronicles 4:19 Nehemiah 8:7 Nehemiah 9:5 Nehemiah 10:10 Nehemiah 10:13 10:18
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
Hodi'ah. (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 1 Chronicles 4:18.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]
One of the wives of Ezra, of Judah. 1 Chronicles 4:19 . The same apparently as JEHUDIJAH,which signifies 'the Jewess,' in 1 Chronicles 4:18 .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
( הוֹדַיָּה , the same as Hodijah [q.v.]), the wife of Mered (Sept. Ἣ Ι᾿Δουία ; Alex. MS. Ι᾿Ουδαία ), and the mother of Jered, and Heber, and Jekuthiel ( 1 Chronicles 4:19), the same who is called JEHUDIJAH ( הִיְּהֻדַיָּה , The Jewess, i.e. his Jewish wife, as distinguished from Bithiah, who was an Egyptian) in the former part of the verse.
