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Lod

Lod (Lydda), a city in the territory of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:12), where Peter healed Aeneas (Act.9:32-35.

The name Lod means “nativity; generation”

PlaceOld & New Testaments4 books8 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at 1 Chronicles 8:12; referred to as Lod (לֹד) or Lydda (Λύδδα).

Location

Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
31.950° N, 34.900° E
Lod
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Events

Dates are approximate

Glossary entries

Lod Lydda

Alternative names

Mentions

Includes 1 verse that refer to Lod without naming it.

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:12לֹד · Lod
    The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),
  2. Ezra 2:33לֹד · Lod
    …the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;
  3. Nehemiah 7:37לֹד · Lod
    …the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
  4. Nehemiah 11:35לֹד · Lod
    Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
  5. Acts 9:32Λύδδα · Lydda
    As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
  6. Acts 9:33Referred to, not named
    There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.
  7. Acts 9:35Λύδδα · Lydda
    …and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
  8. Acts 9:38Λύδδα · Lydda
    Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”