Bible Location
Meaning: praise; law · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
India marks the far eastern extent of the Persian Empire in Esther. It is important because it shows the immense scale of the world within which the story unfolds. First appears in Esth 1:1.1
Place meaning
praise; law
Coordinates
22.00, 77.00
First appears
Esth 1:1
AI summary: India matters because Esther frames imperial power with vast geographic reach. By naming the empire from India to Cush, the text magnifies both the scale of Ahasuerus' rule and the improbability of Jewish survival within it. The cross references present India as the eastern horizon of Persian dominion.1
Place meaning
praise; law
Latitude
22.00
Longitude
77.00
Bible references
2
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). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.