BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3929
le.mekh — Lamech
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18; son of: Methushael (H4967); married to Adah (H5711) and Zillah (H6741); father of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Lamech = "powerful" 1) the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah 2) father of Noah
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2984
Lamech — Lamech
Λάμεχ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. לֶמֶךְ), Lamech (Gen.5:25): Luk.3:36.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5146
no.ach — Noah
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.29; son of: Lamech (H3929H); father of: Shem (H8035), Ham (H2526) and Japheth (H3315) Also named: Nōe (Νῶε "Noah" G3575) § Noah = "rest" son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of mankind because his family were the only survivors of the flood
37 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5711
a.dah — Adah
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.19; married to Lamech (H3929); mother of: Jabal (H2989) and Jubal (H3106) § Adah = "ornament" 1) the 1st of the 2 wives of Lamech and mother of Jabal and Jubal 2) a Hittitess, 1 of the 3 wives of Esau and mother of Eliphaz 2a) also called 'Bashemath'
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4968
me.tu.she.lach — Methuselah
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.21; son of: Enoch (H2585H); father of: Lamech (H3929H) Also named: Mathousala (Μαθουσάλα "Methuselah" G3103) § Methuselah = "man of the dart" son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5279
na.a.mah — Naamah
A woman of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.14.21; married to Solomon (H8010); mother of: Rehoboam (H7346) § Naamah = "loveliness" 1) daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood 2) the Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of king Rehoboam of Judah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6741
tsil.lah — Zillah
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.19; married to Lamech (H3929); mother of: Tubal-cain (H8423) and Naamah (H5279) § Zillah = "shade" the 2nd wife of Lamech and mother of Tubal-cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2989
ya.val — Jabal
A man living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.20; son of: Lamech (H3929) and Adah (H5711); brother of: Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Jabal = "stream of water" the son of Lamech by Adah and brother of Jubal; described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3106
yu.val — Jubal
A man living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.21; son of: Lamech (H3929) and Adah (H5711); brother of: Jabal (H2989), Tubal-cain (H8423), Naamah (H5279) § Jubal = "stream" the son of Lamech by Adah and the inventor of musical instruments
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4967
me.tu.sha.el — Methushael
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.4.18; son of: Mehujael (H4232); father of: Lamech (H3929) § Methusael = "who is of God" son of Mehujael, 4th in descent from Cain, and father of Lamech
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8423
tu.val qa.yin — Tubal-cain
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.4.22; son of: Lamech (H3929) and Zillah (H6741); brother of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106) and Naamah (H5279) § Tubal-cain = "thou will be brought of Cain" son of Lamech by his wife Zillah and the first worker in metal
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The strikerdown; the wild man. (1.) The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (Gen. 4:18-24). His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (4:23, 24), is the only extant example of antediluvian poetry. It has been called “Lamech’s sword-song.” He was “rude and ruffianly,” fearing neither God nor man. With him the curtain falls on the race of Cain. We know nothing of his descendants. (2.) The seventh in descent from Seth, being the only son of Methuselah. Noah was the oldest of his several sons (Gen. 5:25-31; Luke 3:36).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
