Bible Names

Lod: meaning of the name

Lod means “nativity; generation.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Lod in Hebrew and Greek

לֹד H3850

Lôd (lode) — Lod, a place in Palestine

from an unused root of uncertain signification;

Places named Lod

Lod in Scripture

“Lod” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:12

    The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

  • Ezra 2:33

    The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

  • Nehemiah 7:37

    The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.

  • Nehemiah 11:35

    Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.