לֶמֶךְ Lemek

Hebrew · Strong's H3929 · pronounced leh'-mek · used 11 times in 10 verses

Meaning

Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs

In the King James Version: Lamech.

Derivation: from an unused root of uncertain meaning;

Genesis 4:18 Now 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 4:19 And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:23 Then 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 4:24 If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
Genesis 5:25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
Genesis 5:26 And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
Genesis 5:30 And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:31 So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
1 Chronicles 1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.