Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Biblical Scripts הוֹדִיָה(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & History Means "majesty of Yahweh" in Hebrew, from הוֹד (hoḏ) meaning "majesty, splendour" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is (probably) the name of a wife of Ezra in the Old Testament. It is also borne by a few male biblical characters.