לֶ֫מֶךְ

le.mekh

Hebrew H3929 Personal name, masculine 11 occurrences in 10 verses
לֶ֫מֶךְ Lamech

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18;

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

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 10 verses

  1. Genesis 4:18 לָֽמֶךְ׃

    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

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

  3. Genesis 4:23 לֶ֜מֶךְלֶ֔מֶךְ

    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

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

  5. Genesis 5:25 לָֽמֶךְ׃

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

  6. Genesis 5:26 לֶ֔מֶךְ

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

  7. Genesis 5:28 לֶ֕מֶךְ

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

  8. Genesis 5:30 לֶ֗מֶךְ

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

  9. Genesis 5:31 לֶ֔מֶךְ

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

  10. 1 Chronicles 1:3 לָֽמֶךְ׃

    Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.

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