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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxGen 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:18 - And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19 - And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my [fn]sorrow and a youth to my [fn]grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:24 - Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's it shall be seventy times seven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - And Mathusala lived [fn]an hundred and sixty and seven years, and begot Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - And Mathusala lived after his begetting Lamech [fn]eight hundred and two years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - And Lamech lived an hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - And Lamech lived after his begetting Noe, five hundred and sixty and five years, and begot sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:3

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