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Lexicon :: Strong's H1912 - hōdû

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הֹדּוּ
Transliteration
hōdû
Pronunciation
ho'-doo
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
Strong’s Definitions

הֹדוּ Hôdûw, ho'-doo; of foreign origin; Hodu (i.e. Hindustan):—India.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H1912 in the following manner: India (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H1912 in the following manner: India (2x).

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

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֹדוּ Hôdûw, ho'-doo; of foreign origin; Hodu (i.e. Hindustan):—India.
STRONGS H1912: Abbreviations
† הֹ֫דּוּ proper name, of a location India (Old Persian Hiñd’u SpiegAltpers. Keilinschr. 246 Sanskrit Sindhu, sea, great river, see references in RöThes Add 83, YuleAnglo-Indian Glossary, 329 ff.; compare in Arabic bdb021303, Aramaic bdb021304, etc.) only מֵהֹ֫דּוּ וְעַדכּֿוּשׁ (הַמֹּלֵךְ) Esther 1:1; Esther 8:9 (Greek Version of the LXX in both ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

1:1; 8:9

H1912

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Strong's Number H1912 matches the Hebrew הֹדּוּ (hōdû),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - The king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.
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