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Lud; Ludim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(strife). A Mizraite tribe (Gen. 10:13¹³And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, (Genesis 10:13); Isa. 66:19¹⁹And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. (Isaiah 66:19); Ezek. 27:10¹⁰They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. (Ezekiel 27:10)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son of Mizraim (Gen. 10:13¹³And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, (Genesis 10:13) and 1 Chron. 1:11¹¹And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, (1 Chronicles 1:11)). His descendants are mentioned with Phut, and are held to have inhabited the northwest of Africa (Isa. 66:19¹⁹And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. (Isaiah 66:19); Ezek. 27:10¹⁰They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. (Ezekiel 27:10)). The same district is called LYDIA (though the Hebrew is simply Lud) and its inhabitants, LYDIANS (Jer. 46:9⁹Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. (Jeremiah 46:9); Ezek. 30:5⁵Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. (Ezekiel 30:5)).