Word Study · Strong's H1912 · Hebrew
הֹדוּ
Hodu
ho'-doo
Strong's 1890 spelling: Hôdûw
“Hodu (i.e. Hindustan)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Hodu (i.e. Hindustan)
Rendered in the KJV as
India.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 1inflected formdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 1
- מֵהֹ֣דּוּ2
How it is rendered · 2
- [were] from India1
- from India1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
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- HR/Npl · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 1:1מֵהֹ֣דּוּmehodupreposition + proper noun (a name)This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.here: from India
- Esther 8:9מֵהֹ֣דּוּmehodupreposition + proper noun (a name)At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.here: [were] from India