Hebrew word · H3929

לֶ֫מֶךְ

lamekh

Lamech

Appears 11 times in 10 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.25;

son of: Methuselah (H4968);

father of: Noah (H5146)

Also named: Lamech (Λάμεχ "Lamech" G2984)

§ 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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 10

  1. Genesis 4:18 לָֽמֶךְ׃ Lamech

    Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.

  2. Genesis 4:19 לֶ֖מֶךְ Lamech

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

  3. Genesis 4:23 לֶ֜מֶךְ לֶ֔מֶךְ Lamech

    Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

  4. Genesis 4:24 וְלֶ֖מֶךְ and Lamech

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

  5. Genesis 5:25 לָֽמֶךְ׃ Lamech

    When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

  6. Genesis 5:26 לֶ֔מֶךְ Lamech

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

  7. Genesis 5:28 לֶ֕מֶךְ Lamech

    When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

  8. Genesis 5:30 לֶ֗מֶךְ Lamech

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

  9. Genesis 5:31 לֶ֔מֶךְ Lamech

    So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:3 לָֽמֶךְ׃ Lamech

    Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

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