Lud [N] [H] [S]

• The fourth son of Shem ( Genesis 10:22 ;  1 Chronicles 1:17 ), ancestor of the Lydians probably. 

   

• One of the Hamitic tribes descended from Mizraim ( Genesis 10:13 ), a people of Africa ( Ezekiel 27:10 ;  30:5 ), on the west of Egypt. The people called Lud were noted archers ( Isaiah 66:19 ; Compare  Jeremiah 46:9 ). 

   

  These dictionary topics are from
  M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
  published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.