1 Chronicles 1:3

Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Select a Hebrew word above to see its details.

חֲנ֥וֹךְ
חֲנ֥וֹךְ
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Henoch")
Dictionary form: חֲנוֹךְ · huh-NOKE

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: henoch
enoch ×7 hanoch ×3 and enoch ×1 and hanoch ×1 and henoch ×1 henoch ×1 unto enoch ×1 were hanoch ×1
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Enoch — Standard modern spelling for the antediluvian patriarch.
Hanoch — Preferred for the sons of Reuben or Midian.
Henoch — Alternate transliteration; use only in confessional contexts.
Chanok — Closer Hebrew pronunciation; suits academic or Jewish contexts.

BDB2930 H2585

BDB2929 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB2931

חֲנוֺךְ

proper name, masculine 1. son of Cain Gen 4:17 (twice in verse); Gen 4:18 ᵐ5 Ενωχ, ᵐ5L Ενως.
2. son of Jered (line of Seth), the pious Enoch, who walked with God and was taken by him Gen 5:18; Gen 5:19; Gen 5:21; Gen 5:22; Gen 5:23; Gen 5:24; 1Chr 1:3 ᵐ5 Ενωχ.
3. חֲנֹךְ a son of Midian Gen 25:4; 1Chr 1:33, ᵐ5 Ενωχ.
4. חֲנוֺךְ a son of Reuben Gen 46:9; Exod 6:14; Num 26:5; 1Chr 5:3, ᵐ5 Ενωχ.

enoch, hanoch, henoch
ḥănôk
dedicated
Chanok, an antediluvian patriach
  • (n pr m) eldest son of Cain
  • "son of Jared and father of Methuselah whom God took home to heaven without dying"(n pr loc) the city which Cain built and named after himself"(n pr m) a son of Midian, the third child"the eldest son of Reuben

מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח
מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Methuselah")
Dictionary form: מְתוּשֶׁלַח · meh-too-sheh-LA

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: methuselah
methuselah ×6
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Methuselah — Standard English spelling; use in all modern translations.
Methushelach — Closer transliteration; use in academic or critical editions.
Metushelah — Alternate scholarly spelling found in some modern versions.

BDB4892 H4968

BDB4891 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB4893

מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח proper name, masculine descendant of Seth (? man of the dart: more probably Babylonian; see conjectures in HomPSBA 1893, 243 ff.); — ׳מ Gen 5:22; Gen 5:25; Gen 5:26; Gen 5:27 (P), 1Chr 1:3, מְתוּשָׁ֑לַח Gen 5:21 (P). ᵐ5 Μαθουσαλα.


מַתְבֵּן see תבן.

methuselah
mĕtûšelaḥ
when he dies judgment, when he dies it will be sent, man of the spear(?)
Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch
  • son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech and other sons and daughters

לָֽמֶךְ
לָֽמֶךְ
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Lamech")
Dictionary form: לֶמֶךְ · leh-MEK

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: lamech
lamech ×9 of lamech ×1 truly lamech ×1
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Lamech — Standard modern English spelling of this proper name.
Lemech — Closer transliteration; used in some academic or Jewish contexts.
Lемек — Slavic/Eastern European Bible tradition spelling; niche use.

BDB4433 H3929

BDB4432 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB4434

לֶ֫מֶךְ proper name, masculine (on original form compare LagBN 77; conjecture as to meaning BuUrgesch. 102, 129); — ׳ל Gen 4:19 + 7 t.; לָ֑מֶךְ Gen 4:18 + 2 t.; —

1. son of מְתוּשָׁאֵל (Cainite) Gen 4:18; Gen 4:19; Gen 4:23 (twice in verse); Gen 4:24 (all J).
2. son of מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Sethite) Gen 5:25; Gen 5:26; Gen 5:28; Gen 5:30; Gen 5:31 (all P), 1Chr 1:3. — ᵐ5 Ααμεχ.


לְמִן, לְמִנִּי see מִן 9 b.


לְמַעַן see מען below ענה.


לֹעַ see below I. לוּעַ.

lamech
lemek
powerful
Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
  • the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah
  • "father of Noah

The cantillation accents are the Masoretes' punctuation: each group below ends at a pausing accent. Translate a group as one unit.
חֲנ֥וֹךְ מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח Tipeha — a lesser break לָֽמֶךְ Silluq — end of the verse

חֲנוֹךְ מְתוּשֶׁלַח לָֽמֶךְ׃
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Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Cross References

Jude 1:14

προεφήτευσεν δὲ καὶ τούτοις ἕβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ Ἑνὼχ λέγων Ἰδού ἦλθεν Κύριος ἐν μυριάσιν ἁγίαις αὐτοῦ
14
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

Genesis 5:21

וַיְחִי חֲנוֹךְ חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת-מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃
21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

Hebrews 11:5

Πίστει Ἑνὼχ μετετέθη τοῦ μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκετο διότι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν θεός πρὸ γὰρ τῆς μεταθέσεως αὐτοῦ μεμαρτύρηται εὐηρεστηκέναι τῷ θεῷ·
5
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Luke 3:36

τοῦ Καϊνάν τοῦ Ἀρφαξὰδ τοῦ Σὴμ τοῦ Νῶε τοῦ Λάμεχ
36
Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,