Bible Names, Places, Numbers, Symbols, and Types
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If a name or place has more than one meaning attached to it, or has more than one individual or place attached to it, each variant will be list as follows (2) (3), etc.
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| Lamech | Powerful, Strong Man, For Humiliation; last mentioned father in the line of Cain (Genesis 4:18), had two wives: Adah, the mother of Jabal the arch-tent-dweller and Jubal the arch-musician, and Zillah, the mother of Tubal-cain the smith and his sister Naamah. This Lamech boasts that if Cain is avenged sevenfold, he would be avenged seventy-sevenfold (Genesis 24). (2) The father of Noah, the grandfather of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ancestor of Jesus. Died five years before the flood. (5x777 (his age)=3885) (Compare to 1260+1290+1335=3885) |
| Lashah | To be gaped at, To be Delighted in; A marker of the Eastern boundary of Canaan. The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, going toward Gerar, to Gaza; going toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha. (Genesis 10:19) |
| Lehabim | Flames, Flaming; Son of Mizraim; Grandson of Ham; |
| Left Hand | Type of a Position of Disfavor |
| Lot | Covering; Son of Haran, nephew of Abraham and Nahor (Genesis 11:27); Born in Ur of the Chaldeans, a Sumerian city in the Euphrates valley, near the head of the Persian Gulf; Eleventh generation from Noah, through Shem; Abram took Sarai and Lot to the land of Canaan; After the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot's daughters made their father drunk and laid with him. The eldest gave birth to a son, Moab "from my father", ancestor of the Moabites. The youngest gave birth to a son, Ben-ammi Son of my father", ancestor of the Ammonites. (See Lot) |
| Lud | Bending, Almond Tree, Twisted, Productivity; Son of Shem; (Genesis 10:22); May be Luz |
Ludim
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Those of Lud; People descended from Lud, son of Mizraim, grandson of Ham (Genesis 10:13); Called Ludiyim in 1 Chronicles 1:11. |