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Lexicon :: Strong's H3929 - lemeḵ

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לֶמֶךְ
Transliteration
lemeḵ
Pronunciation
leh'-mek
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root of uncertain meaning
Strong’s Definitions

לֶמֶךְ Lemek, leh'-mek; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs:—Lamech.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H3929 in the following manner: Lamech (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H3929 in the following manner: Lamech (11x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֶמֶךְ Lemek, leh'-mek; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs:—Lamech.
STRONGS H3929: Abbreviations
† לֶ֫מֶךְ proper name, masculine (on original form compare LagBN 77; conjecture as to meaning BuUrgesch. 102, 129); — ל׳ Genesis 4:19 + 7 times; לָ֑מֶךְ Genesis 4:18 + 2 times; —
1. son of מְתוּשָׁאֵל (Cainite) Genesis 4:18, 19, 23 (twice in verse); Genesis 4:24 (all J).
2. son of מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Sethite) Genesis 5:25, 26, 28, 30, 31 (all P), 1 Chronicles 1:3. — Greek Version of the LXX Ααμεχ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:18; 4:18; 4:19; 4:19; 4:23; 4:24; 5:25; 5:26; 5:28; 5:30; 5:31

1 Chronicles

1:3

H3929

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3929 matches the Hebrew לֶמֶךְ (lemeḵ),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:18 - And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael; and Mehujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19 - And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - And Lamech said unto his wives:
Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech:
For I have slain a man for wounding me,
And a young man for bruising me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 -
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:3 - Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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