{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3929",
  "lemma": "לֶמֶךְ",
  "transliteration": "Lemek",
  "definition": "Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs",
  "kjv": "Lamech.",
  "occurrences": 11,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "לֶ֫מֶךְ n.pr.m.",
    "1. son of מְתוּשָׁאֵל (Cainite)",
    "2. son of מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Sethite)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:18",
      "text": "Irad was born to Enoch. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:19",
      "text": "Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:23",
      "text": "Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:24",
      "text": "If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:25",
      "text": "Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:26",
      "text": "Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:28",
      "text": "Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:30",
      "text": "Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 5:31",
      "text": "All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 1:3",
      "text": "Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/1?v=3"
    }
  ],
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