Lydda
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LYDDA — (Heb. לֹד, Lod), town in the coastal plain of Israel, 10 mi. (16 km.) S.E. of Tel Aviv Jaffa. Lydda first appears in the Canaanite period (1465 B.C.E.) when it is mentioned in Thutmosis III s list of towns in Canaan. According to the Talmud (Meg … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Lydda — • A titular see of Palestina Prima in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lydda Lydda † … Catholic encyclopedia
Lydda — Lydda, Stadt im Stamme Benjamin, so v.w. Diospolis 5) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Lydda — Lydda, früherer Name von Diospolis (s. d. 3) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
LYDDA — Palaestinae urbs, Ptol. alio nomine Diospolis, hodie Roma Castaldo, et S. Georgio: versus oram Iudaeae Occ. Ioppae proxima, inde 10. mill. pass. Hierosolymam versus 30. inter Nicopolim et Antipatrida, Episcopal. sub Archiep. Caesariensi. Plin. l … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Lydda — [lid′ə] LOD … English World dictionary
Lydda — Lod (Israël) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Lod. Lod (he) לוד (ar) اللد … Wikipédia en Français
Lydda — Lod Basisdaten hebräisch … Deutsch Wikipedia
Lydda — An important commercial centre, 18 km. (11 miles) SE of Joppa. Some of the returning exiles settled at Lydda (Lod; Ezra 2:33). After being outside Judaea, it was returned to Jonathan and the Jews by King Demetrius in 145 BCE (1 Macc. 11:34) and… … Dictionary of the Bible
Lydda (titular see) — Lydda is a Catholic titular see. The city of Lydda was in Palestina Prima in the Patriarchate of Jerusalem. HistoryIt was the Biblical Lod, founded by Samad of the tribe of Benjamin [1 Chronicles 8:12] . Some of its inhabitants were taken in… … Wikipedia
