הוֹדְיָה
ho.de.vah
Hodevah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Analysis of Hodevah (H1938J) Based on the available lexical data, Hodevah appears as a proper noun occurring only once in the Hebrew Bible. With a single attestation and no comparative usage patterns to establish broader semantic range, the lexicon provides minimal information about this term's meaning or function beyond its identification as a name. The word's hapax legomenon status—appearing only one time in biblical text—severely limits what can be determined about its significance or usage patterns. Without additional occurrences to establish context, etymology, or functional role, the analysis must remain constrained to basic identification: Hodevah is presented as a name (likely a personal or place name given its capitalization), but the supplied data does not reveal whether it belongs to a person, location, or other entity, nor does it explain any theological or narrative significance the name might carry. For a complete understanding of Hodevah, one would need to consult the biblical passage where it appears, as the lexicon entry alone provides only the transliteration and classification, without the contextual information necessary to explain its meaning or relevance to biblical narrative or theology.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text