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Libya

לוּב · lu.vi · H3864Λιβύη · Libuē · G30333 other spellings“the heart of the sea; fat” Hitchcock's 18699 mentions in 7 books, most in 2 Chronicles (2)
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Where it is

CaudaCaudaSyrtisSyrtisPhoenixPhoenixFair HavensFair HavensLaseaLaseaCaphtorCaphtorLibyaabout 1021 km across

32.82° N, 21.86° E · Located through Cyrene

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Mentioned most in

2 Chronicles · 2Ezekiel · 2Isaiah · 1Jeremiah · 1Daniel · 1Nahum · 1+ 1 books
Counted from 9 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Libya, also referred to as Put or Pul in some Bible translations, is a country located in North Africa. It is mentioned several times in the Old Testament, often in the context of prophecies and judgments against various nations. Libya is described as an ally of Egypt (2Ch.12.3; 16:8) and Ethiopia (Ezk.30.5; Nam.3.9) and is included among the nations that will face God's judgment (Jeremiah 46:9; Ezk.30.5; 38:5). Libyans are also mentioned as serving as mercenaries in the armies of Tyre (Ezk.27.10). In the New Testament, Libyans are listed among the people present in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (Act.2.10).

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Every mention

9 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
2 ChroniclesChapter 12: 1 mentionChapter 16: 1 mention2 mentions
2 Chronicles 12:3with twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.2 Chronicles 16:8Weren’t the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with chariots and exceedingly many horsemen? Yet, because you relied on Yahweh, he delivered them into your hand.
IsaiahChapter 66: 1 mention1 mention
Isaiah 66:19“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not…
JeremiahChapter 46: 1 mention1 mention
Jeremiah 46:9Go up, you horses! Rage, you chariots! Let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
EzekielChapter 30: 1 mentionChapter 38: 1 mention2 mentions
Ezekiel 30:5“‘“Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is allied with them, will fall with them by the sword.”Ezekiel 38:5Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
DanielChapter 11: 1 mention1 mention
Daniel 11:43But he will have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will follow his steps.
NahumChapter 3: 1 mention1 mention
Nahum 3:9Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength. Put and Libya were her helpers.
ActsChapter 2: 1 mention1 mention
Acts 2:10Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

What the dictionary says

The country of the Ludim (Gen. 10:13), Northern Africa, a large tract lying along the Mediterranean, to the west of Egypt (Acts 2:10).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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