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In 1 Corinthians 13 the apostle sets forth the excellency of love, as the word “charity” there is rendered in the Revised Version.
•LUBIMS the inhabitants of a thirsty or scorched land; the Lybians, an African nation under tribute to Egypt (2 Chronicles 12:3; 16:8). Their territory was apparently near Egypt. They were probably the Mizraite Lehabim.
•LUCAS a friend and companion of Paul during his imprisonment at Rome; Luke (q.v.), the beloved physician (Philemon 1:24; Colossians 4:14).
•LUCIFER brilliant star, a title given to the king of Babylon (Isaiah 14:12) to denote his glory.
•LUCIUS of Cyrene, a Christian teacher at Antioch (Acts 13:1), and Paul’s kinsman (Romans 16:21). His name is Latin, but his birthplace seems to indicate that he was one of the Jews of Cyrene, in North Africa.
•LUCRE from the Lat. lucrum, “gain.” 1 Timothy 3:3, “not given to filthy lucre.” Some MSS. have not the word so rendered, and the expression has been omitted in the Revised Version.
•LUD (1.) The fourth son of Shem (Genesis 10:22; 1 Chronicles 1:17), ancestor of the Lydians probably.
(2.) One of the Hamitic tribes descended from Mizraim (Genesis 10:13), a people of Africa (Ezekiel 27:10; 30:5), on the west of Egypt. The people called Lud were noted archers (Isaiah 66:19; comp. Jeremiah 46:9).