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Lamech
Biblical Persons & Places
Lamech
Man living at the time before the Flood
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18;
only referred to as Lamech (לֶ֫מֶךְ);
a son of Methushael;
husband of Adah and Zillah;
father of Jabal, Jubal, Tubal-cain, Naamah.
Lamech
Man living at the time before the Flood
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.25;
referred to as Lamech (לֶ֫מֶךְ), or Lamech (Λάμεχ);
a son of Methuselah;
father of Noah.
Strong's Definition
Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain meaning;
KJV Usage: Lamech.
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לֶמֶךְ
lemek
BDB Definition:
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
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
Total KJV Occurrences: 11