International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Lydda

lid'-a.SeeLOD.

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Lydia (1)

lid'-i-a (Ludia): An important country in the western part of Asia Minor bounded on the North by Mysia, on the East by Phrygia, on the South by Caria, and on the West by the Aeg...

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Lydia (2)

lid'-i-a (Ludia): The feminine of Lydian, a native of Lydia, a large country on the West of Asia Minor, and the name of Paul's first convert in Europe. This name was a popular o...

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Lydian

lid'-i-an.SeeLYDIA.

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Lye

li.SeeNITRE.

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Lying

li'-ing.SeeLIE.

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Lysanias

li-sa'-ni-as (Lusanias): Mentioned inLu 3:1as tetrarch of Abilene in the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, and thus fixing the date of the preaching of John the Baptist...

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Lysias

lis'-i-as (Lusias):(1) "A noble man, and one of the blood royal" whom Antiochus Epiphanes (circa 166 BC) left with the government of Southern Syria and the guardianship of his s...

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Lysimachus

li-sim'-a-kus (Lusimachos):(1) The son of Ptolemy, of Jerusalem, is named (Additions to Esther 11:1) as the interpreter (translator of the Rest of Esther into Greek).See ESTHER,...

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Lystra

lis'-tra: The forms Lustran, and Lustrois, occur. Such variation in the gender of Anatolian city-names is common (see Harnack, Apostelgeschichte, 86; Ramsay, Paul the Traveler, ...