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Bible Lexicons
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Strong's #1912 - הֹדּוּ
Transliteration
Hôdûw
Phonetics
ho'-doo
Origin
of foreign origin
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
India = “flee away” or “ give ye thanks”
1) the country surrounding the Indus, mentioned as the eastern border of the empire of Ahasuerus
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (2)
Esther
2
NAS (2)
Esther
2
HCS (2)
Esther
2
BSB (2)
Esther
2
ESV (2)
Esther
2
WEB (2)
Esther
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
הֹ֫דּוּ proper name, of a location India (Old Persian Hiñd°u Spieg Altpers. Keilinschr. 246 Sanskrit Sindhu, sea, great river, see references in Rö Thes Add 83, Yule Anglo-Indian Glossary, 329 ff.; compare in Arabic 
, Aramaic 
, etc.) only מֵהֹ֫דּוּ וְעַדכּֿוּשׁ (הַמֹּלֵךְ) Esther 1:1; Esther 8:9 (ᵐ5 in both ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς).
, Aramaic , etc.) only מֵהֹ֫דּוּ וְעַדכּֿוּשׁ (הַמֹּלֵךְ) Esther 1:1; Esther 8:9 (ᵐ5 in both ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
הֹדּוּ (for הֹנְדּוּ), Syr. ܗܶܢܕܘܽ, Arab. هِنْد India. Esther 1:1, 8:9. In Zend and Pehlvi it is Heando.
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List of Word Forms
מֵהֹ֣דּוּ מהדו mê·hōd·dū meHoddu mêhōddū
