Bible Figure
Lud
biblical character
Lud was a son of Shem and ancestral figure associated with a people later mentioned in prophetic texts.
Biography
Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1 list Lud among Shem's sons. Later passages refer to a people called Lud or Ludim, though the precise relationship between all such references and the ancestral Lud is not always certain. Scripture gives no personal narrative of Shem's son Lud.
Biblical Significance
Lud is significant within the Table of Nations. The ancestral person should be distinguished from later ethnic or geographic uses of the name.