LUD
(1.) The fourth son of Shem (Gen. 10:22; 1-Chr 1:17), ancestor of the Lydians probably. (2.) One of the Hamitic tribes descended from Mizraim (Gen. 10:13), a people of Africa (Ezek. 27:10;30:5), on the west of Egypt. The people called Lud were noted archers (Isa. 66:19; comp. Jer. 46:9). ......
LUDIM
probably the same as Lud (2) (comp. Gen. 10:13; 1-Chr 1:11). They are associated (Jer. 46:9) with African nations as mercenaries of the king of Egypt. ......