H3865 H3865
Lud; a Semitic people descended from Shem, and separately a North African people (Ludim) descended from Mizraim.
A proper name designating two distinct peoples in the Table of Nations. First, Lud appears as a son of Shem alongside Arpachshad and Aram (Gen 10:22 = 1 Chr 1:17), traditionally identified with Lydia in western Anatolia (Assyrian Luddu). Second, a separate African Lud emerges as warriors alongside Cush and Put in prophetic oracles (Ezek 27:10; 30:5; Isa 66:19), renowned as skilled archers and mercenaries. The dual identity creates a persistent puzzle in biblical geography. Spanish 'y Lud' and French 'et Lud' both preserve the conjunctive formula that links this people to its genealogical or military context.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The ethnic and geographic name Lud, appearing in two distinct genealogical contexts. As a son of Shem (Gen 10:22 = 1 Chr 1:17), Lud is traditionally identified with Lydia in western Asia Minor, corresponding to Assyrian Luddu. In the prophetic oracles (Ezek 27:10; 30:5; Isa 66:19), Lud appears among African warrior peoples alongside Cush and Put, likely a distinct group from the Semitic Lud. The conjunctive formula 'and Lud' (Spanish 'y Lud,' French 'et Lud') places them consistently as one member of a larger ethnic catalogue, whether Semitic or Hamitic. 5×
AR["وَ-لود", "وَ-لُودُ", "وَلُودَ", "وَلُودُ"]·ben["-এবং-লূদ", "আর-লূদ", "ও-লূদ"]·DE["[ולוד]", "und-Lud"]·EN["and-Lud"]·FR["[ולוד]", "et-Lud"]·heb["ו-לוד"]·HI["और-लूद"]·ID["dan-Lud", "dan-Lud,"]·IT["[ולוד]", "e-Lud"]·jav["lan-Lud"]·KO["그-와-룻", "그리고-룣과", "그리고-루드와", "그리고-룻"]·PT["e-Lud"]·RU["и-Луд"]·ES["y-Lud"]·SW["na-Ludi"]·TR["ve-Lud", "ve-Lut"]·urd["اور-لود", "و-لود"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† לוּד, לוּדִים n.pr.m. et gent. 1. Lud, Lydia, Assyrian Luddu:—אַרְפַּכְשַׁד וְלוּד וַאֲרָם Gn 10:22 = 1 Ch 1:17 𝔊 Λουδ. 2. appar. a people in NE. Africa תַּרְשִׁישׁ פּוּל וְלוּד Is 66:19, 𝔊 Λουδ; פָּרַס וְל׳ וּפוּט Ez 27:10; כּוּשׁ וּפוּט וְלוּד 30:5 (+ לוּב q.v.), in both 𝔊 Λ(ο)υδοι; also pl. לוּדִים a ‘son’ of Miṣraim, Gn 10:13 𝔊 Λυδιειμ (‖ לְהָבִים) = 1 Ch 1:11 (לוּדִי֯ים); Je 46:9 (‖…