Λάμεχ G2984
Lamech, patriarch in Jesus' genealogy from the line of Seth
Lamech appears in Luke's genealogy as the father of Methuselah and descendant of Enosh. He is the same patriarch mentioned in Genesis 5:25-31, where he lived 777 years and fathered Noah. The Hebrew name (לֶמֶךְ) is transliterated into Greek as an indeclinable proper noun, maintaining its Semitic form.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Occurring in Luke 3:36, this name links Jesus' genealogy to the ancient patriarchs between Adam and Noah. Cross-linguistic glosses show consistent recognition of this as the antediluvian patriarch, with transliterations preserving the distinctive guttural sound of the Hebrew original across European language traditions. 1×
AR["لَامَكَ"]·ben["লেমকের"]·DE["Λάμεχ"]·EN["Lamech"]·FR["Lémec"]·heb["לֶמֶךְ"]·HI["लामेख"]·ID["Lamekh"]·IT["lamech"]·jav["Lamèkh,"]·KO["라멙-의"]·PT["Lameque"]·RU["Ламехов"]·ES["Lámech"]·SW["Lámech"]·TR["Lamek"]·urd["لمک-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Λάμεχ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. לֶמֶךְ), Lamech (Gen.5:25): Luk.3:36.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)