Strong H3929H3929Hלֶ֫מֶךְ

Lamech

Transliteration: lemek
Pronunciation: leh'-mek
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.25;
son of: Methuselah (H4968);
father of: Noah (H5146)
Also named: Lamech (Λάμεχ "Lamech" G2984)

Meaning of the name

Lamech = "powerful"

General definition

From an unused root of uncertain meaning;
{Lemek} the name of two antediluvian patriarchs: - Lamech.

In the biblical story

Lamech

Father of Noah; lived 777 years

Lamech, the father of Noah, lived 777 years (Gen.5.25-31; 1Ch.1.3; Lk.3.36).

In the Bible

Strong H3929H appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

lamech6

First verses

Genesis 5:25
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Genesis 5:26
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:28
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:31
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
1 Chronicles 1:3
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,