Lexical Summary Lydda: Lydda, a city in Palestine Original Word: ΛύδδαTransliteration: Lydda Phonetic Spelling: (lud'-dah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Lydda, a city in Palestine Meaning: Lydda -- a city in Palestine Strong's Concordance Lydda. Of Hebrew origin (Lod); Lydda (i.e. Lod), a place in Palestine -- Lydda. see HEBREW Lod Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3069: ΛύδδαΛύδδα, Λύδδης (Acts 9:38 R G L, but Λύδδας T Tr WH; see WH's Appendix, p. 156), ἡ, and Λύδδα, Λυδδων, τά ((L T Tr WH in) Acts 9:32, 35; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 116; Buttmann, 18f (16f) (cf. Winer's Grammar, 61 (60))); Hebrew לֹד (1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 11:35); Lydda, a large Benjamite (cf. 1 Chronicles, the passage cited) town (Λύδδα κώμη, πόλεως τοῦ μεγέθους οὐκ ἀποδεουσα, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 6, 2), called also Diospolis under the Roman empire, about nine (`eleven' (Ordnance Survey, p. 21)) miles distant from the Mediterranean; now Ludd: Acts 9:32, 35, 38. Cf. Robinson, Palestine ii., pp. 244-248; Arnold in Herzog viii., p. 627f.; (BB. DD. s, v.). |
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