Bible Dictionary · L
Lud
(1.) The fourth son of Shem (Gen 10:22; 1 Chr 1:17), ancestor of the Lydians probably.
(2.) One of the Hamitic tribes descended from Mizraim (Gen 10:13), a people of Africa (Ezek 27:10; Ezek 30:5), on the west of Egypt. The people called Lud were noted archers (Isa 66:19; comp. Jer 46:9).
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
- 1 Chronicles 1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- Isaiah 66:19 And 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 27:10 They 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.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
