H1912 - הֹדוּ (Hôdûw)

H1912 הֹדוּ (Hôdûw) ho'-doo

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

India

Biblical Persons & Places

India India

A location first mentioned at Est.1.1; only referred to as India (הֹ֫דּוּ).

Strong's Definition

Hodu (i.e. Hindustan)

Derivation: of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: India.

Outline of Biblical Usage

India = "flee away" or " give ye thanks"

1) the country surrounding the Indus, mentioned as the eastern border of the empire of Ahasuerus

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ India = "flee away" or " give ye thanks" the country surrounding the Indus, mentioned as the eastern border of the empire of Ahasuerus

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

הֹדוּ hôdû BDB Definition: India = flee away or give ye thanks 1) the country surrounding the Indus, mentioned as the eastern border of the empire of Ahasuerus Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of foreign origin Total KJV Occurrences: 2

Bible Occurrences (2)

1:1 8:9

Esther 1:1

This is what happened in the days of Xerxes,...... who reigned over 127...... provinces from India to Cush.

Esther 8:9

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third [day]... of the third... month the month of Sivan they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127...... provinces from India to Cush [writing] to each province... in its own script,... to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.