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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - These events happened in the days of King Xerxes,[fn] who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So on June 25[fn] the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Mordecai dictated. It was sent to the Jews and to the highest officers, the governors, and the nobles of all the 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[fn] The decree was written in the scripts and languages of all the peoples of the empire, including that of the Jews.
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