HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1912
הֹ֫דּוּ
ho.du — India
§ India = "flee away" or " give ye thanks" the country surrounding the Indus, mentioned as the eastern border of the empire of Ahasuerus
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India
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6539
פָּרַס
pa.ras — Persia
§ Persia = "pure" or "splendid" the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian, of Persia "pure" or "splendid"
22 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6540
פָּרַס
pa.ras — Persia
Aramaic of pa.ras (פָּרַס "Persia" H6539) § Persia = "pure" or "splendid" the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south 1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian, of Persia "pure" or "splendid"
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5373
נֵרְדְּ
ne.red — nard
1) spikenard, nard 1a) an odoriferous aromatic plant from India
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3487
νάρδος
nardos — nard
νάρδος, -ου, ἡ (Heb. נֵרְדְּ, both from Sanscrit narda, see Boisacq, see word), [in LXX: Sng.1:12 4:13-14 (נֵרְדְּ)* ;] nard; (a) an Indian plant, the Nardostachys nardus jatamansi, used for the preparation of a fragrant ointment; (b) ointment of nard: Mrk.14:3, Jhn.12:3.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4596
σηρικός
sērikos — silk
σιρικός (by assimilation of vowels, for σηρικός; see Mayser, 150; WH, Notes, 151), -ή, -όν (οἱ Σῆρες, a people of India from whom the ancients got the first silk), silk, silken; as subst., τὸ σ., silken fabric, silk: Rev.18:12 (cf. FlJ, B.J., vii, 5, 4).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6007
ἄμωμον
amōmon — amomum
ἄμωμον, -ου, τό, amomum, a fragrant plant of India (RV, spice): Rev.18:13 (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8365
μύρμηξ
murmēx — an ant
1. Lat. formica, the ant, (Hesiod), etc. 2. a beast of prey in India, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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Occurs only in Esther 1:1 and 8:9, where the extent of the dominion of the Persian king is described. The country so designated here is not the peninsula of Hindustan, but the country surrounding the Indus, the Punjab. The people and the products of India were well known to the Jews, who seem to have carried on an active trade with that country (Ezek. 27:15, 24).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.