Lemuel לְמוּאֵל
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| לְמוּאֵל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | lemuel |
| Strong's number | H3927 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Lemuel |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Lemuel (Hebrew לְמוּאֵל, Strong's H3927) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Lemuel”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at Pro.31.1
§ Lemuel = "for God"
1) the name of an unknown king to whom his mother addressed the prudential maxims contained in some of the Proverbs
1a) might be same as king Solomon
§ Lemuel = "for God"
1) the name of an unknown king to whom his mother addressed the prudential maxims contained in some of the Proverbs
1a) might be same as king Solomon
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | lemuel (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | lemuel (1), o lemuel (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Lemuel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Proverbs
- Proverbs 31:1The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
- Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).