הֹ֫דּוּ
ho.du
India
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word הֹ֫דּוּ (ho.du) is a proper name referring to a person. Its short definition is "India," which suggests a geographical origin or connection to that region. However, since it is a name rather than a place, it likely designates an individual associated with or from India. There are only two occurrences of this name in the Bible, indicating its limited usage in the text. This scarcity might imply that the reference is to a specific person who played a particular role or had significant impact in a biblical story or context, although the exact nature and extent of their significance cannot be determined from the limited information provided. Given the ambiguity of the context and the limited data available, any further interpretation or analysis of this name would require additional information beyond the provided definition and occurrences.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),
Esther 8:9Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.