Definition

Hodavjah, the name of three Israelites

Etymology

from H1935 (הוֹד) and H3050 (יָהּ); majesty of Jah;

Where the KJV renders it

• Hodaviah

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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