King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3929
Transliteration: Lemek
Phonetic Spelling: (leh'-mek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a descendant of Cain, also a descendant of Seth
Meaning: Lamech -- a descendant of Cain, also a descendant of Seth
Word Summary
Lemek: a descendant of Cain, also a descendant of Seth
Original Word: לֶמֶךְTransliteration: Lemek
Phonetic Spelling: (leh'-mek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a descendant of Cain, also a descendant of Seth
Meaning: Lamech -- a descendant of Cain, also a descendant of Seth
Strong's Concordance
Lamech From an unused root of uncertain meaning; Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs -- Lamech.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3929. Lemek
לֶ֫מֶךְ proper name, masculine (on original form compare LagBN 77; conjecture as to meaning BuUrgesch. 102, 129); — ׳ל Genesis 4:19 7t.; לָ֑מֶךְ 4:18 2t.; —
1 son of מְתוּשָׁאֵל (Cainite) Genesis 4:18-19, 23 (twice in verse); 4:24 (all J).
2 son of מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Sethite) Genesis 5:25-26, 28, 30, 31 (all P), 1 Chronicles 1:3. — ᵐ5 Ααμεχ.
לְמִנִּי לְמִן, see מִן
9b.
לְמַעַן see מען below ענה.
לֹעַ see below I. לוּעַ.