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lū´bim (לוּבי×, luÌ„bhı̄m): A people mentioned in the Old Testament (; ; ; ). In all these cases the word is translated in the King James Version “Libyansâ€; in the Revised Version (British and American) only in . The people so named had their seat in North Africa, West of Egypt (compare , “the parts of Libya about Cyreneâ€). See LIBYA. On three different occasions the Libyans invaded Egypt, and at length, in the 10th century BC, succeeded in founding an Egyptian dynasty under SHISHAK (which see).