Λύδδα

Λύδδα — Lýdda

Λύδδα, Λύδδης (Act 9:38 R G L, but Λύδδας T Tr WH; see WH's Appendix, p. 156), ἡ, and Λύδδα, Λυδδων, τά ((L T Tr WH in) Act 9:32; Act 9:35; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 116; Buttmann, 18f (16f) (cf. Winer's Grammar, 61 (60))); Hebrew לֹד (1Ch 8:12; Ezr 2:33; Neh 11:35); Lydda, a large Benjamite (cf. 1 Chronicles, the passage cited) town (Λύδδα κώμη, πόλεως τοῦ μεγέθους οὐκ ἀποδεουσα, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 6, 2), called also Diospolis under the Roman empire, about nine (`eleven' (Ordnance Survey, p. 21)) miles distant from the Mediterranean; now Ludd: Act 9:32; Act 9:35; Act 9:38. Cf. Robinson, Palestine ii., pp. 244-248; Arnold in Herzog viii., p. 627f.; (BB. DD. s, v.).