Strong’s H1939 · Hebrew

הוֹדַיְוָהוּ
Hôwdayvâhûw
ho-dah-yeh-vaw'-hoo

Definition

Hodajvah, an Israelite

Etymology

a form of H1938 (הוֹדַוְיָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Hodaiah

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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