The Hebrew Meanings of the 10 Generations in Genesis 5

(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded GreekHebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah

ADAM = MANKIND

OT;120 'adam (aw-dawm^'); from OT:119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):

SETH = I S APPOINTED TO

OT:7896 shiyth (sheeth); a primitive root; to place KJV appoint

ENOS = FEEBLE, FRAIL, MORTALITY (#582 FROM #605)

OT:582 ^'enowsh (en-oshe'); from OT:605; properly, a mortal OT:605 'anash (aw-nash'); a primitive root; to be frail, feeble

CAINAN = A FIXED DWELLING PLACE

OT:7064 qen (kane); contracted from OT:7077; a nest (as fixed)

MAHALALEEL = GOD WHO IS PRAISED

OT:4111 Mahalal' el (mah-hal-al-ale^' ); from OT:4110 and OT:410; praise of God

JARED = COMES DOWN, DESCEND

OT:3382 Yered (yeh'-red); from OT:3381; a descent;

ENOCH = TO INSTRUCT, TRAIN UP

OT:2596 chanak (khaw-nak'); to initiate or discipline: KJV - dedicate, train up.

METHUSELAH = A MAN SENT FORTH(#4968 FROM #4962, #7973)

OT:4968 Methuwshelach (meth-oo-sheh'-lakh); from OT:4962 and OT:7973; man of a dart;

OT:4962 math (math); an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man OT:7973 shelach (sheh^'-lakh); from OT:7971; a missile of attack,

LAMECH = TO BE BEATEN, SMITTEN, AND TORTURED

OT:3929 Lemek (leh^'-mek); from #4347

OT:4347 makkah, a blow, by implication, a wound; carnage, also beaten, slaughter, smote, X sore, stripe, stroke, wound((-ed)).

NOAH = BRINGING REST, A QUIET PEACE

OT:5146 Noach (no' -akh); the same as OT:5118; rest

OT:5118 nuwach (noo'-akh); or nowach (no'-akh); from OT:5117; quiet:

MANKIND / IS APPOINTED TO / FEEBLE, FRAIL, MORTALITY / A FIXED DWELLING

PLACE. / GOD WHO IS PRAISED / COMES DOWN / TO INSTRUCT / AS A MAN SENT FORTH / TO BE BEATEN, SMITTEN AND TORTURED / BRINGING REST, A QUIET PEACE, 

Pastor Mark Biltz

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