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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 1912. הֹדוּ (Hoddu) -- India</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/1912.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/esther/1-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/1912.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 1912</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/1911.htm" title="1911">◄</a> 1912. Hoddu <a href="../hebrew/1913.htm" title="1913">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Hoddu: India</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">הֹדוּ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Location<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Hoduw<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>HO-dü<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ho'-doo)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>India<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Hodu<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Persian name for India, reflecting the region's ancient name in Hebrew texts.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for "Hoddu" in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific geographical term used in the Hebrew Bible.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "Hoddu" refers to the region known today as India. In the biblical context, it is used to denote the easternmost boundary of the Persian Empire during the time of the Achaemenid dynasty. The name appears in the context of the vastness of the empire, illustrating the extensive reach of Persian rule.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>During the biblical era, particularly in the time of the Persian Empire, India was known for its wealth, spices, and exotic goods. The mention of Hoddu in the Bible highlights the grandeur and expanse of the Persian Empire, which stretched from India in the east to Ethiopia in the west. This vast territory underlines the historical context of the biblical narrative, especially in the books of Esther and Daniel, where the Persian Empire plays a significant role.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of foreign origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>India<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>India (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">הֹ֫דּוּ</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, of a location</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>India</b></font> (Old Persian <i><em>Hiñd°u</em></i> Spieg<sup>Altpers. Keilinschr. 246</sup> Sanskrit <i><em>Sindhu</em></i>, <em>sea</em>, <em>great river</em>, see references in Rö<sup>Thes Add 83</sup>, Yule<sup>Anglo-Indian Glossary, 329 ff.</sup>; compare in Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb021303.gif">, Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb021304.gif">, etc.) only <font class="hebrew2">מֵהֹ֫דּוּ וְעַדכּֿוּשׁ</font> (<font class="hebrew2">הַמֹּלֵךְ</font>) <a href="/interlinear/esther/1-1.htm">Esther 1:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/esther/8-9.htm">Esther 8:9</a> (<font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> in both <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>India <p>Of foreign origin; Hodu (i.e. Hindu-stan) -- India. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>מֵהֹ֣דּוּ מהדו mê·hōd·dū meHoddu mêhōddū<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/esther/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Esther 1:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/esther/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ֙ <b> מֵהֹ֣דּוּ </b> וְעַד־ כּ֔וּשׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/esther/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> who reigned <span class="itali">from India</span> to Ethiopia<br><a href="/kjvs/esther/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> which reigned, <span class="itali">from India</span> even unto Ethiopia,<br><a href="/interlinear/esther/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> (this Ahasuerus reigned <span class="itali">India</span> unto Ethiopia<p><b><a href="/text/esther/8-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Esther 8:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/esther/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ <b> מֵהֹ֣דּוּ </b> וְעַד־ כּ֗וּשׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/esther/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> which <span class="itali">[extended] from India</span> to Ethiopia,<br><a href="/kjvs/esther/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the provinces <span class="itali">which [are] from India</span> unto Ethiopia,<br><a href="/interlinear/esther/8-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> provinces are <span class="itali">India</span> unto Ethiopia<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1912.htm">2 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1912.htm">Strong's Hebrew 1912<br>2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/mehoddu_1912.htm">mê·hōd·dū — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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