Greek word · G3069

Λύδδα

lydda

Lydda

Greek form of Hebrew Lod (1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 11:35), a town at the meeting point of the coastal plain and the Judean foothills, on the road from Joppa to Jerusalem.

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

λύδδα, -ας (Acts 9:38, -ης Rec.), ἡ and λύδδα, -ων, τά (Acts 9:32, 35; -αν, Rec.), (Heb. לֹד),

Lydda (modern Ludd): Ac, ll. with†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Acts 9:35

Range of meaning

Greek form of Hebrew Lod (1 Chronicles 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 11:35), a town at the meeting point of the coastal plain and the Judean foothills, on the road from Joppa to Jerusalem.

Against the English

No significant difference; English uses the Greek form.

Used elsewhere in the period

1 Maccabees 11:34 records Lydda being transferred to Judea. Josephus calls it a village 'not inferior in size to a city' (Antiquities 20.130). In 66 CE the Roman governor Cestius Gallus found the population away in Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles and burned it (Jewish War 2.515). After 70 CE it became a centre of rabbinic learning.

Where it appears

Acts · 3

  1. Acts 9:32 Λύδδα. Lydda.

    As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.

    Here: The Old Testament Lod (1 Chr 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Neh 11:35), a mainly Jewish town about 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Jerusalem and about 18 km (11 mi) southeast of the port of Joppa, where the coastal road met the road up to Jerusalem.

  2. Acts 9:35 Λύδδα Lydda

    and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

    Here: The town of Lod, on the inland edge of the coastal plain about 18 km southeast of Joppa. In this period it was a sizeable Jewish town. The name is left without its usual case ending here, which some scribes corrected.

  3. Acts 9:38 Λύδδας Lydda

    Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

    Here: The town (Hebrew Lod) where Peter had just healed Aeneas (9:32–35). It lay inland on the road from Joppa to Jerusalem.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.