לֶמֶךְLemek
Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
Pronunciation: leh'-mek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3929
Meanings
1. son of מְתוּשָׁאֵל (Cainite) (Genesis 4:18; Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:23)
2. son of מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Sethite) (Genesis 5:25; Genesis 5:26; Genesis 5:28)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:18 Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 4:19 Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.
- Genesis 4:23 One day Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; listen to me, you wives of Lamech. I have killed a man who attacked me, a young man who wounded me.
- Genesis 4:24 If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”
- Genesis 5:25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 5:26 After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).