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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 locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

ASV (2)

Esther 2

BSB (2)

Esther 2

CSB (2)

Esther 2

ESV (2)

Esther 2

KJV (2)

Esther 2

LEB (2)

Esther 2

LSB (2)

Esther 2

N95 (2)

Esther 2

NAS (2)

Esther 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

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).

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