Easton: Lud

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Lud) · external_aligned

(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).

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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