This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
Definition
from an unused root of uncertain meaning; Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
Traditional renderings: Lamech.
Traditional renderings: Lamech.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
11 total
- Genesis 4:18לָֽמֶךְ׃ · LamechNow to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 4:19לֶ֖מֶךְ · And LamechAnd Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
- Genesis 4:23 (2×)לֶ֜מֶךְ · Then Lamech; לֶ֔מֶךְ · of LamechThen Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
- Genesis 4:24וְלֶ֖מֶךְ · then LamechIf Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
- Genesis 5:25לָֽמֶךְ׃ · LamechWhen Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 5:26לֶ֔מֶךְ · LamechAnd after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:28לֶ֕מֶךְ · When LamechWhen Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
- Genesis 5:30לֶ֗מֶךְ · LamechAnd after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:31לֶ֔מֶךְ · So LamechSo Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
- 1 Chronicles 1:3לָֽמֶךְ׃ · Lamech, [Noah]Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.