The meaning of Lamech in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

the strikerdown; the wild man.

  • The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (Genesis 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.

  • The seventh in descent from Seth, being the only son of Methuselah. Noah was the oldest of his several sons (Genesis 5:25-31; Luke 3:36).


    See more on the meaning of Lamech in the Bible:
    Lamech {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
    Lamech {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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