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HebrewH3929Proper Noun (Masculine)

לֶ֫מֶךְ

le.mekh

10Occurrences
H3929Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs

from an unused root of uncertain meaning;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at ; son of: Methushael (H4967); married to Adah (H5711) and Zillah (H6741); father of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Lamech = "powerful" 1) the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah 2) father of Noah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

לֶ֫מֶךְ appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:3BSB

Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.

Genesis 4:19BSB

And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

Genesis 4:24BSB

If Cain is avenged sevenfold,then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

Genesis 5:26BSB

And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:30BSB

And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.