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Lexicon :: Strong's G2984 - lamech

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Λάμεχ
Transliteration
lamech (Key)
Pronunciation
lam'-ekh
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin לֶמֶךְ (H3929)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
11x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Λάμεχ Lámech, lam'-ekh; of Hebrew origin (H3929); Lamech (i.e. Lemek), a patriarch:—Lamech.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2984 in the following manner: Lamech (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2984 in the following manner: Lamech (1x).
  1. Lamech = "why thus with thee?: unto bringing low"

    1. the father of Noah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Λάμεχ Lámech, lam'-ekh; of Hebrew origin (H3929); Lamech (i.e. Lemek), a patriarch:—Lamech.
STRONGS G2984:
Λάμεχ, (Hebrew לֶמֶך), Lamech, the father of Noah (Genesis 5:25ff): Luke 3:36.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
5:25
Luke
3:36

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2984 matches the Greek Λάμεχ (lamech),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:18 - To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19 - And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for striking me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 - If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold,
then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:3 - Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;
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