Genesis 5
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
4And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
8And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
11And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
12And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
14And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- שָׁנֶהshânehH814148× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- יָלַדyâladH320528× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- אֵתʼêthH85325× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- מֵאָהmêʼâhH396724× in this chapter
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- חָיָהchâyâhH242117× in this chapter
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- יוֹםyôwmH311712× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- בֵּןbênH112111× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- הָיָהhâyâhH196111× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- חָמֵשׁchâmêshH256810× in this chapter
five
- בַּתbathH13239× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- אַחַרʼacharH3109× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- כֹּלkôlH36059× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- מוּתmûwthH41918× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- שְׁמֹנֶהshᵉmônehH80837× in this chapter
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
- תֵּשַׁעtêshaʻH86727× in this chapter
nine or (ordinal) ninth
- חֲנוֹךְChănôwkH25856× in this chapter
Chanok, an antediluvian patriach
- שִׁשִּׁיםshishshîymH83466× in this chapter
sixty
- יֶרֶדYeredH33825× in this chapter
Jered, the name of an antediluvian, and of an Israelite
- לֶמֶךְLemekH39295× in this chapter
Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
- מַהֲלַלְאֵלMahălalʼêlH41115× in this chapter
Mahalalel, the name of an antediluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4305× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- מְתוּשֶׁלַחMᵉthûwshelachH49685× in this chapter
Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĔnôwshH5835× in this chapter
Enosh, a son of Seth
- קֵינָןQêynânH70185× in this chapter
Kenan, an antediluvian
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻH76515× in this chapter
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
- שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayimH81475× in this chapter
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
- שֵׁתShêthH83525× in this chapter
Sheth, third son of Adam
- אָדָםʼÂdâmH1214× in this chapter
Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine
- נֹחַNôachH51464× in this chapter
Noach, the patriarch of the flood
- בָּרָאbârâʼH12543× in this chapter
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
- קָרָאqârâʼH71213× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- שְׁלוֹשִׁיםshᵉlôwshîymH79703× in this chapter
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
- שֵׁםshêmH80343× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- שְׁמֹנִיםshᵉmônîymH80843× in this chapter
eighty, also eightieth
- תִּשְׁעִיםtishʻîymH86733× in this chapter
ninety
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1202× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- דְּמוּתdᵉmûwthH18232× in this chapter
resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
- הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- עָשָׂרʻâsârH62402× in this chapter
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth