Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(1 Chron. 8:12; Ezra 2:33). [LYDDA.]
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Town in Benjamin (1 Chron. 8:12; Ezra 2:33; Neh. 7:37; Neh. 11:35). In the New Testament it is called LYDDA, where Aeneas the paralytic was healed by Peter. It is said to be nigh to Joppa. The distance is about ten miles if the identification be correct (Acts 9:32,35,38). Identified with Ludd, 31° 57' N, 34° 54' E, at which place there is now a station on the railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from an unused root of uncertain signification; Lod, a place in Palestine
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Offspring; birth; nativity; generation; strife; fissure; division:―place in Palestine, Neh. 7:37. {Progenies; partus}