Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H1912 |
|---|---|
| Word: | הוֹדוּ |
| Part of Speech: | Name/l. |
| Etymology: | of foreign origin |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | Hoduw |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ho'-doo |
| Meaning: | 1. Hodu (i.e. Hindu-stan) |
| KJV Renderings: | India. |
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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 [untranscribed source text 1246], Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1247], etc.) only מֵהֹ֫דּוּ וְעַדכּֿוּשׁ (הַמֹּלֵךְ) Esth 1:1; Esth 8:9 ( ᵐ5 in both ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς).
