Lud
לוּדStrong’s H3865lud
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lud is the Hebrew word usually translated “lud”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.”
Meaning
- The 4th listed son of Shem and supposed progenitor of the Lydians
- Descendants of Lud the son of Shem who settled in northern Africa
How it's translated
- and lud 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 2
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 1:17The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- Isaiah 66:19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
- Ezekiel 27:10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
- Ezekiel 30:5Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Hebrew dictionary
לוּד lud · Lud
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.22; son of: Shem (H8035); brother of: Asshur (H0804H), Elam (H5867C), Arpachshad (H0775) and Aram (H0758) Also named: lu.di (לוּדִי "Lydian" H3866H) § Lud or Lydia = "strife" 1) the 4th listed son of Shem and supposed progenitor of the Lydians n patr 2) descendants of Lud the son of Shem who settled in northern Africa
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.