Hebrew word · H3850

לֹד

lod

Lod

A proper name: the town of Lod (Greek Lydda, Roman Diospolis), on the Shephelah-coastal plain about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Joppa.

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

Lod = "travail"

a city approx 11 miles (17 km) southeast of Joppa in the plain of Sharon in the territory of Benjamin

Also named: Ludda (Λύδδα "Lydda" G3069)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 8:12

Range of meaning

A proper name: the town of Lod (Greek Lydda, Roman Diospolis), on the Shephelah-coastal plain about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Joppa.

Against the English

English versions all transliterate it the same way. Readers may not realise this is Lydda from Acts 9, where Peter healed Aeneas.

Used elsewhere in the period

Thutmose III's town list at Karnak; Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; 11:35; 1 Maccabees 11:34 (Lydda transferred from Samaria to Judea); Acts 9:32–38; Josephus.

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:12 לֹ֖ד Lod

    The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),

    Here: Lod, called Lydda in Greek times (Acts 9:32–38) and still called Lod today. It sits on the plain inland from Joppa, on the main road between the coast and the hill country.

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 2:33 לֹד֙ Lod

    the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;

Nehemiah · 2

  1. Nehemiah 7:37 לֹד֙ Lod

    the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

  2. Nehemiah 11:35 לֹ֥ד Lod

    Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.

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