Bible Names H-M

Lucas in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a friend and companion of Paul during his imprisonment at Rome; Luke (q.v.), the beloved physician (Philemon 1:24; Col. 4:14)....

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Lud in Naves Topical Bible

-A son of Shem Ge 10:22; 1Ch 1:17...

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Luke in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luke 1:2), he was not an "eye-witness and minister of the word from the beginning." It is probable that he was a physician in Troas, and was there converted by Paul, to whom he attached himself. He accompanied him to Ph...

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Lotan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

lo'-tan (loTan): Son of Seir, a chief (the King James Version "duke") of Edom (Gen 36:20,22,29; 1 Ch 1:38 f)....

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Lud in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(strife) the fourth name in the list of the children of Shem, Ge 10:22 comp. 1Chr 1:17 supposed to have been the ancestor of the Lydians....

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Luke in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

front Contracted from Lucanus, as Silas is contracted from Silvanus. A slave name. As Luke was a "physician," a profession often exercised by slaves and freedmen, he may have been a freedman. Eusebius (H.E. iii. 4) states that Antioch was his native city. He was of Gentile parentage before he became a Christian; as appears from Colossians 4:1...

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Lotan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(covering), the eldest son of Seir the Horite. Ge 36:20,22,29; 1Ch 1:38,39...

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Lucius in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

lu'-shi-us, lu'-shus (Loukios, Leukios): A Roman consul who is said (1 Macc 15:16 ff) to have written a letter to Ptolemy Euergetes securing to Simon the high priest and to the Jews the protection of Rome. As the praenomen only of the consul is given, there has been much discussion as to the person intended. The weight of probability has been ...

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