Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
Lamech
Usage: Λάμεχ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. לֶמֶךְ), Lamech (Gen.5:25): Luk.3:36.† (AS)
Lamech - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2984 — yibchar (“Ibhar”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2984 Λάμεχ (Lamech) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Lamech (lam'-ekh) n/p. 1. Lamech (i.e. Lemek), a patriarch [of Hebrew origin (H3929)] It has 18 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include lamech. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.
Lamech (lam'-ekh) n/p. 1. Lamech (i.e. Lemek), a patriarch [of Hebrew origin (H3929)] KJV: Lamech Root(s): H3929
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Lamech
Usage: Λάμεχ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. לֶמֶךְ), Lamech (Gen.5:25): Luk.3:36.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Lamech, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 1 Enoch, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2984 (Λάμεχ) appears 18 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of No´e, which was the son of Lamech,
10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, Because I have slain a man to my sorrow And a youth to my grief.
7 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.
Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech,
And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard his voice and I came to him. And said unto him: ' Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast
And his father Lamech was afraid of him and
First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2984.
And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.
And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, Because I have slain a man to my sorrow And a youth to my grief.
Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain’s behalf, On Lamech’s it shall be seventy times seven.
And Methuselah lived a hundred and sixty and seven years, and begot Lamech.
And Methuselah lived after his begetting Lamech eight hundred and two years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son.
And Lamech lived after his begetting Noah, five hundred and sixty and five years, and begot sons and daughters.
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and fifty-three years, and he died.
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of No´e, which was the son of Lamech,
Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech,
And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard his voice and I came to him. And said unto him: ' Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast
And his father Lamech was afraid of him and
have I approached. And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like man's nature, and the colour of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose, and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays of the sun, and he opened his eyes and
his mouth and blessed the Lord of heaven. And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to me, and did not believe that he was sprung from him, but that he was in the likeness of the angels of heaven; and behold I have come to thee that thou mayest make known to me the truth.' And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him: 'The Lord will do a new thing on the earth, and this I have already seen in a vision, and make known to thee that in the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven transgressed the word of the Lord. And behold they commit sin and transgress the law, and have united themselves with women and commit sin with them, and have married some of them, and have begot children by them. And they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the earth, and the earth shall be cleansed from all impurity. Yea, there shall come a great destruction over the whole earth, and there shall be a deluge and
shall die [he and his sons shall be saved]. And now make known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his sons shall be saved from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his days. And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which was first consummated on the earth; for I know the mysteries of the holy ones; for He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read (them) in the heavenly tablets.
manner of good comes upon it. And now, my son, go and make known to thy son Lamech that this
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Lamech (Strong's G2984) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Lamech". Lamech (lam'-ekh) n/p. 1. Lamech (i.e. Lemek), a patriarch [of Hebrew origin (H3929)]
This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's G2984 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2984 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lamech. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2984, with linked reader references where each row is available.