Lamech

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Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
6/9/2023, 2:32 PM	Mike C	update #114
4/16/2019, 9:13 PM	Mike C	update #103
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/27/2015, 11:23 PM	Mike C	update #90
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]

Scripts לֶמֶךְ, לָמֶךְ(Ancient Hebrew) Λάμεχ(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈleɪ.mɪk/(English)

Meaning & History

Possibly means "to make low" in Hebrew. This is the name of two characters in Genesis in the Old Testament, the first being a descendant of Cain, and the second being a descendant of Seth and the father of Noah.