Hebrew

India

הֹ֫דּוּStrong’s H1912

hodu (ho-du)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Hodu is the Hebrew word usually translated “from india”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“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 1:1 KJV

Meaning

§ India = "flee away" or " give ye thanks"

How it's translated

from india 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Esther 2

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture

Esther 8:9Then 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.

Hebrew dictionary

הֹ֫דּוּ hodu · India

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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “india” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

IN'DIA, noun

A country in Asia, so named from the river Indus.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.