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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 Box Gen 4:18

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Irad was born to Enoch, Irad fathered Mehujael, Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.

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Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.

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Lamech said to his wives:

Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;

wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words.

For I killed a man for wounding me,

a young man for striking me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:24

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If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,

then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!

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Methuselah was 187 years old when he fathered Lamech.

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Methuselah lived 782 years after he fathered Lamech, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

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Lamech was 182 years old when he fathered a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:30

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Lamech lived 595 years after he fathered Noah, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:31

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So Lamech’s life lasted 777 years; then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:3

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Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

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