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Lud
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
(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; 30:5), on the west of Egypt. The people called Lud were noted archers (Isa. 66:19; comp. Jer. 46:9).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(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.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
LUD, son of Shem, from whom the Lydians of Asia Minor are supposed to have descended. Gen 10:22.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
Ludim, same as Lod
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
LUD, son of Shem, from whom the Lydians of Asia Minor are supposed to have descended. Gen 10:22.