HODAVIAH hŏd’ ə vī’ ə (הﯴדַוְיָ֜ה, הﯴדַוְיָהוּ). 1. The head of a clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh on the E of the Jordan (1 Chron 5:24).

2. A Benjamite; son of Hassenuah (1 Chron 9:7).

3. Ancestor of a family of Levites who returned from the Exile (Ezra 2:40); called HODEVAH in Nehemiah 7:43.

4. A descendant of King David (1 Chron 3:24).