3069. Ludda
Strong's Lexicon
Ludda: Lydda

Original Word: Λύδδα
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: Ludda
Pronunciation: LOOD-dah
Phonetic Spelling: (lud'-dah)
Definition: Lydda
Meaning: Lydda, Diospolis, Lod (modern Ludd), a city on the way to Joppa within a day's journey of Jerusalem.

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew לֹד (Lod)

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H3850 (לֹד, Lod): The Hebrew name for the town of Lydda.

Usage: Ludda, or Lydda, is a town mentioned in the New Testament, specifically in the Acts of the Apostles. It is known as a place where the Apostle Peter performed a miraculous healing.

Cultural and Historical Background: Lydda, known in Hebrew as Lod, is an ancient town located in the region of Judea. Historically, it was a significant town due to its strategic location on the road from Jerusalem to the Mediterranean coast. During the Roman period, it was part of the province of Judea. Lydda was a center of Jewish life and later became a site of Christian significance due to the events recorded in the New Testament.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of Hebrew origin Lod
Definition
Lydda, a city in Pal.
NASB Translation
Lydda (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3069: Λύδδα

Λύδδα, Λύδδης (Acts 9:38 R G L, but Λύδδας T Tr WH; see WH's Appendix, p. 156), , and Λύδδα, Λυδδων, τά ((L T Tr WH in) Acts 9:32, 35; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 116; Buttmann, 18f (16f) (cf. Winer's Grammar, 61 (60))); Hebrew לֹד (1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 11:35); Lydda, a large Benjamite (cf. 1 Chronicles, the passage cited) town (Λύδδα κώμη, πόλεως τοῦ μεγέθους οὐκ ἀποδεουσα, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 6, 2), called also Diospolis under the Roman empire, about nine (`eleven' (Ordnance Survey, p. 21)) miles distant from the Mediterranean; now Ludd: Acts 9:32, 35, 38. Cf. Robinson, Palestine ii., pp. 244-248; Arnold in Herzog viii., p. 627f.; (BB. DD. s, v.).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Lydda.

Of Hebrew origin (Lod); Lydda (i.e. Lod), a place in Palestine -- Lydda.

see HEBREW Lod

Forms and Transliterations
Λυδδα Λύδδα Λυδδας Λύδδας Ludda Luddas Lydda Lýdda Lyddas Lýddas
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 9:32 N-AFS
GRK: τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Λύδδα
NAS: to the saints who lived at Lydda.
KJV: which dwelt at Lydda.
INT: that inhabited Lydda

Acts 9:35 N-AFS
GRK: οἱ κατοικοῦντες Λύδδα καὶ τὸν
NAS: who lived at Lydda and Sharon
KJV: all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron
INT: those inhabiting Lydda and

Acts 9:38 N-GFS
GRK: δὲ οὔσης Λύδδας τῇ Ἰόππῃ
NAS: Since Lydda was near Joppa,
KJV: forasmuch as Lydda was nigh
INT: moreover being Lydda to Joppa

Strong's Greek 3069
3 Occurrences


Λύδδα — 2 Occ.
Λύδδας — 1 Occ.

















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