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lydda |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Lydda a town in the tribe of Ephraim, mentioned only in the New Testament (Acts 9:32, 35, 38) as the scene of Peter's miracle in healing the paralytic AEneas. It lay about 9 miles east of Joppa, on the road from the sea-port to Jerusalem. In the Old Testament (1 Chr. 8:12) it is called Lod. It was burned by the Romans, but was afterwards rebuilt, and was known by the name of Diospolis Its modern name is Ludd. The so-called patron saint of England, St George, is said to have been born here From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Lydda, Lydia, a standing pool
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