- Original: לוּד - Transliteration: Luwd - Phonetic: lood - Definition: Lud or Lydia = strife n pr m 1. the 4th listed son of Shem and supposed progenitor of the Lydians n patr 2. descendants of Lud the son of Shem who settled in northern Africa - Origin: probably of foreign derivation - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: Probably of foreign derivation; Lud the name of two nations: - Lud Lydia. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • Lud, 4 Genesis 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:17; Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 27:10 • Lydia, 1 Ezekiel 30:5