Bible Dictionary: Lud

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Lud

Ludim, same as Lod

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Lud

(strife) the fourth name in the list of the children of Shem, (Genesis 10:22) comp. 1Chr 1:17 Supposed to have been the ancestor of the Lydians.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Lud

A son of Shem, Genesis 10:22, and ancestor, it is thought, of the Lydians in Asia Minor.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) The fourth son of Shem (Genesis 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:17), ancestor of the Lydians probably.

(2.) One of the Hamitic tribes descended from Mizraim (Genesis 10:13), a people of Africa (Ezek. 27:10; 30:5), on the west of Egypt. The people called Lud were noted archers (Isaiah 66:19; Comp. Jeremiah 46:9).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

LUD; LUDIM

lud, lu'-dim, lood'-im (ludh, ludhim, ludhiyum, "Ludites"; Loud, Loudieim; Targum Onk: ludha'e):

1. Two Different Nationalities:

In Genesis 10:13 Ludim appears as the firstborn of Mizraim (Egypt), and in 10:22 Lud is the fourth son of Shem. We have therefore to do with two different nationalities bearing the same name, and not always easy to distinguish. 1 Chronicles 1:11, 17 simply repeat the statements of Genesis 10:13, 22. In Isaiah 66:19 Lud is mentioned with Tarshish and Pul (generally regarded as a mistake for Phut), Tubal, Javan, and the isles. Accepting this emendation, the passage agrees with Jeremiah 46:9, where the Ludim are spoken of with Kush and Phut as the allies of Egypt; and also with Ezekiel 27:10, where Lud is referred to with Persia and Put as soldiers of Tyre. Lud, again, is mentioned with Ethiopia (Gush), Put, all the mingled people, Cab, and the children of the land which is in league (or, margin "the land of the covenant"), which were all to fall by the sword (Ezekiel 30:5).

2. The Semitic Lud:

Coming to the Semitic Lud, it is to be noted that the Assyrians called Lydia Lu(d)du, and that the mythical ancestor of the Lydians, according to Herodotus (i.7), was Lydos, and their first king, Agros, was descended from Ninos and Belos, i.e. Assyria and Babylonia. The apparently Assyrian colony in Cappadocia about 2000 B.C., who used the Babylonian script, may be regarded as supporting this statement, and that there were other colonies of the same nationality in the neighborhood is implied by the fact that Assyro-Babylonian was one of the official languages of the Hittite state whose capital was Hattu or Boghaz-keui. On the other hand when Gyges sent an embassy to Assur-bani-apli of Assyria, Lu(d)du is described as a country whose name had never before been heard, and whose language was unknown. As, however, the earlier kings of Assyria certainly warred in that district, this statement has to be taken with caution. Perhaps the name had changed in the interval, owing to an immigration similar to that which brought the Hittites into Asia Minor, and caused change in the language at the same time.

3. Not Recognizable as Semitic Later:

Naturally Lydia was not recognizable as Semitic in classical times. The existence of Lud in the neighborhood of Egypt as well as in Asia Minor finds parallels in the Syrian Mucri of the Assyrian inscriptions by the side of the Mucur which stood for Egypt, and still more in the Cappadocian Cush (Kusu) of certain Assyrian letters relating to horses, by the side of the Cush (Kusu likewise) which stands for Ethiopia.

4. Egyptian Lud Not Recognizable:

Everything points, therefore, to the Semitic Lud and Ludim being Lydia, and the identification may be regarded as satisfactory. It is altogether otherwise with the Egyptian Lud and Ludim, however, about which little can be said at present. The reference to a city which seems to be Putu-yawan in an inscription mentioning the 37th year of Nebuchadrezzar, and apparently referring to an expedition against Amasis, though it may stand for "Grecian Phut," has very little bearing upon the position of the Egyptian Lud, especially as the text in which it occurs is very mutilated. One thing is certain, however: the Hebrews regarded this Lud and Ludim as being Hamitic, and not Semitic.

T. G. Pinches

Greek

3069. Ludda -- Lydda, a city in Palestine
... Lydda, a city in Palestine. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Ludda
Phonetic Spelling: (lud'-dah) Short Definition: Lydda, Diospolis, Lod ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3865. Lud -- a son of Shem, also his desc. and their land
... 3864, 3865. Lud. 3866 . a son of Shem, also his desc. and their land.
Transliteration: Lud Phonetic Spelling: (lood) Short Definition: Lud. ...
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3866. Ludim -- a tribe desc. from Mizraim
... Word Origin from the same as Lud Definition a tribe desc. from Mizraim NASB
Word Usage Ludim (1), Lydians (1), people of Lud (1). Ludim. ...
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Library

Ezekiel's Discourse
... Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the
shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. ...
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A Daily Constant Exercise.
... dispositions it will be proper, and how by it a soul, without any other variety,
may attain to a perfect active contemplation, according to the testimony of Lud ...
/.../a daily constant exercise.htm

The Epistle to the Hebrews.
... at Douai, 1614, etc.); Jac. Cappellus (Sedan, 1624); Lud. Cappellus (Geneva, 1632);
Grotius (d.1645, Arminian, a great classical and general scholar); Joh. ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 100 the epistle to.htm

The Apocalypse.
... (b) Rom. Cath.: Lud. Ab Alcasar (a Jesuit, 1614); Cornelius A Lapide (1662); Bossuet
(1690, and in Oeuvres, vol. III., 1819); Bisping (1876). ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 101 the apocalypse.htm

The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent.
... edition. Æm. Lud. Richter et Frid. Schulte: Canones et Decreta Concilii Tridentini
ex editione Romana a.1834, repetiti, etc., Leipz.1853. Best Protestant ed. ...
/.../creeds of christendom with a history and critical notes/ 24 the canons and.htm

Virtues of the Mantle. It Pleads in Its Own Defence.
... [66] Oehler attempts to defend the common reading, "humerum velans exponit
vel includit;" but the correction of Salmasius and Lud. ...
/.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter v virtues of the mantle.htm

Hope for the Heathen
... 2, 3. Jehovah declared to the prophet that He would send His witnesses
"unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, . . . to Tubal ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 31 hope for the.htm

Chapter x
... See figure 376). 22-24. The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud
and Aram. And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gerber and Mash. ...
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Bibliographical Introduction.
... 2. Lud. Thomassin, Dissertationum in Concilia generalia et particularia, ti,
Paris, 1667; reprinted in Rocaberti, Bibl. pontificia, tr. XV. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/bibliographical introduction.htm

[Endnotes]
... will illustrate this statement:". SHEM. " HAM. Elam.Asshur.Arphaxad, Lud.
Aram, "Cush, Mizraim, Phut. Canaan, Salah, Uz, "Seba, Ludim ...
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Thesaurus

Lud (10 Occurrences)
... 27:10; 30:5), on the west of Egypt. The people called Lud were noted archers (Isaiah
66:19; Comp. Jeremiah 46:9). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LUD; LUDIM. ...
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Ahi'lud (5 Occurrences)
Ahi'lud. Ahilud, Ahi'lud. Ahimaaz . Multi-Version Concordance
Ahi'lud (5 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 8:16 And Joab the son ...
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Ludim (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Probably the same as Lud (2) (Comp. Genesis 10:13; 1
Chronicles 1:11). ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LUD; LUDIM. ...
/l/ludim.htm - 11k

Semites
... 2. The Five Sons of Shem: The sons of Shem are given as Elam, Assbur, Arpachshad,
Lud and Aram (Genesis 10:22). All except the third ...
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Semitic
... 2. The Five Sons of Shem: The sons of Shem are given as Elam, Assbur, Arpachshad,
Lud and Aram (Genesis 10:22). All except the third ...
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Lydia (5 Occurrences)
... (1.) Ezek. 30:5 (Hebrews Lud), a province in the west of Asia Minor, which
derived its name from the fourth son of Shem (Genesis 10:22). ...
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Ahilud (5 Occurrences)
... a-hi'-lud ('achiludh, "child's brother," perhaps): The father of Jehoshaphat, who
is mentioned as "recorder" in both the earlier and the later lists under David ...
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Urgent (12 Occurrences)
... Acts 9:38 Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter
was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come ...
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Jaffa (10 Occurrences)
... Acts 9:38 Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter
was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come ...
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Lewd (37 Occurrences)
...lud, lud'-nes (zimmah, mezimmah, nabhluth; poneros, rhadiourgema): 1. In the Old
Testament: There are three Hebrew words translated "lewd," "lewdness": (1 ...
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Bible Concordance

Lud (10 Occurrences)

Acts 9:32 Now Peter, as he went to town after town, came down also to God's people at Lud.
(WEY)

Acts 9:35 And all the people of Lud and Sharon saw him; and they turned to the Lord.
(WEY)

Acts 9:38 Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come across to them without delay.
(WEY)

Genesis 10:22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:11 Mizraim became the father of Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 66:19 "I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 46:9 Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
(Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 27:10 Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 30:5 Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Lud

Lud: A Son of Shem

Related Terms

Ahi'lud (5 Occurrences)

Ludim (3 Occurrences)

Semites

Semitic

Lydia (5 Occurrences)

Ahilud (5 Occurrences)

Urgent (12 Occurrences)

Jaffa (10 Occurrences)