Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H1912: הֹדוּ

Hôdûw · pronounced ho'-doo · “India”

Definition

Hodu (i.e. Hindustan)

KJV translates it as: India.

Word origin: of foreign origin;

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H1912 is translated

  • india ×2

Bible verses with H1912 (Hôdûw)

Hôdûw appears in 2 verses.

  • Esther 1:1

    Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

  • Esther 8:9

    Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.