lod
lod — noun
1. a town in the central region of Israel whose recorded history goes back to the B
a town in the central region of Israel whose recorded history goes back to the Bible; it now serves as a transport hub with Ben Gurion International Airport and about 69,000 residents.
The Watanabe family landed at the airport near Lod before taking a taxi to Jerusalem.
collocation: near Lod
Yael was born in Lod and speaks both Hebrew and Arabic fluently.
Archaeologists in Lod uncovered a huge Roman mosaic floor dating back to the third century.
Visitors to Lod can see an old market and a Crusader church turned into a mosque.
Lod appears in the Bible's Book of Ezra as a town resettled after the Babylonian exile.
- Lydda
the Greek and Latin name used in the New Testament (Acts 9:32–38); still occasionally used in historical writing
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Lod (also known by its Greek and Latin name Lydda) appears in both the Old and New Testaments. In modern Hebrew the name is לוד. Do not confuse with the English word 'load' (a burden or quantity), which sounds the same.