1912

hōddū הֹ֫דּוּ ‘India’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

hōddū pr n loc
India = "flee away" or " give ye thanks"
1) the country surrounding the Indus, mentioned as the eastern border of the empire of Ahasuerus

Mentioned in Esther 8:9, 1:1

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