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1. Out of the four names below starting with the letters 'LAM', which one is the the first polygamist mentioned in the Old Testament? (Genesis 4:19)

Answer: Lamech

Going strictly by Scripture, Lamech was the first polygamist in the Bible. Genesis 4:19 tells of Lamech being married to Adah and Zillah. Scripture goes on to state Adah was the mother of Jabal while Zillah was the mother of Tubal-Cain.

Chapter 4 of Genesis goes on to tell of Lamech being involved in the second documented murder in Scripture. Lamech's father was Methushael.

2. Out of the four titles below starting with the letters 'LAM', which one is the title of a book in the Old Testament?

Answer: Lamentations

Lamentations, of course, is the correct answer. Jeremiah, a major prophet of God, is credited with writing Lamentations, but some modern day scholars are in disagreement.

According to the Website Insight.org, the original name of the book in Hebrew, 'Ekah', can be translated 'Alas!' or 'How?'.

In the Protestant Bible, Lamentations appears after Jeremiah and before Ezekiel.

3. Fill in the missing word from Genesis 50:10 in the NKJV, Scripture telling of Joseph mourning for his father Jacob: "Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn ___________. He observed seven days of mourning for his father." (Remember, all the answers start with the letters 'LAM'.)

Answer: lamentation

The missing word from Genesis 50:10 in the NKJV is 'lamentation'. The verse is part of a passage telling of the death of Jacob and the grief experienced by his offspring, notably Joseph.

The passage tells of the twelve sons of Jacob taking his body back to Canaan for burial. According to Genesis 50:13, Jacob was buried "in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place."

After the burial, Jacob's sons returned to Egypt.

4. Fill in the missing word from Luke 23:27 in the NKJV: "And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and _________ Him." (Remember, all the answers start with the letters 'LAM'.)

Answer: lamented

The missing word from Luke 23:27 in the NKJV is 'lamented'. The verse is part of a passage telling of Jesus being led to Calvary for His crucifixion, with Simon of Cyrene being forced to carry His cross.

Verse 28 tells of Jesus responding to the women who were lamenting: "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!' For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?"

5. Out of the four words below starting with the letters 'LAM', only one is found in the KJV, NKJV and the NIV. Which word is it?

Answer: lambs

Using the NKJV, the word 'lambs' is found no less than eighty-eight times. Interestingly, the word 'lambs' is found only twice in the New Testament, although the singular form of the word 'lamb' is found multiple times.

Similar to the NKJV, the words 'lamprey', 'laminate' and 'lampoon' are not found in the KJV and the NIV. However, the word 'lambs'`is found multiple times in the KJV and the NIV.

6. Fill in the missing word from Luke 12:35 in the NKJV, Scripture quoting Jesus: "Let your waist be girded and your ______ burning." (Remember, all the answers start with the letters 'LAM'.)

Answer: lamps

The missing word from Luke 12:35 in the NKJV is 'lamps'. The verse is part of a passage known as the Parable of the Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant. The parable is found in Luke 12:35-48. In a nutshell, the parable warns people to be ready "for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

Jesus concludes the parable by making the famous declaration: "For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more."

7. Fill in the missing word from Revelation 1:12 in the NKJV: "Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden __________." (Remember all the answers start with the letters 'LAM'.)

Answer: lampstands

The missing word from Revelation 1:12 in the NKJV is 'lampstands'. Revelation, the last book in the Christian Bible, was written by John while in exile on the island of Patmos.

Just prior to seeing the seven lampstands, John tells of hearing a voice stating: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

What follows are details of John's vision that have perplexed, challenged and motivated readers for centuries.

8. Fill in the missing word from John 16:20, in the NKJV, Scripture quoting Jesus: "Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and ______, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy." (Remember, all the answers start with the letters 'LAM'.)

Answer: lament

The missing word from is John 16:20 in the NKJV is 'lament'. Jesus made the comments to His disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane just prior to His arrest and crucifixion.

In the next two verses in the passage, Jesus goes on to state: "A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you."

9. Fill in the missing word from Matthew 11:5, in the NKJV, Scripture quoting Jesus: "The blind see and the _______ walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them." (Remember, all the answers start with the letters 'LAM'.)

Answer: lame

The missing word in Matthew 11:5 in the NKJV is 'lame'. The verse is part of a quote Jesus made in response to a question posed by the disciples of John the Baptist. According to Matthew 11:2-3, John, while in prison, sent two of his disciples (no names are given) to determine if Jesus was indeed "the Coming One." In His response, Christ left no doubt He was indeed the 'One' prophets had been prophesying about for centuries.

In His concluding remarks to John's disciples, Jesus said: "Blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."

10. Fill in the missing word from John 1:29 in the NKJV: "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold! The ______ of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (Remember, all the answers start with the letters 'LAM'.)

Answer: Lamb

The missing word from John 1:29 in the NKJV is 'Lamb'. John the Baptist referred to Jesus as the 'Lamb of God who takes away the sin of world' when Christ approached him while he was baptizing people at the Jordan River. In his discourse, John goes on to describe Jesus as the 'Son of God' in Verse 34.

Using the NKJV, Jesus is described as the 'Lamb' no less than twenty-five times in Revelation, the final book in the New Testament.

Source: Author Cowrofl

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All the Answers Start with the letters 'LAM' Quiz

This quiz takes a look at names and words in the New King James Bible that start with the letters 'LAM'. Hope you have as much fun playing it as I had compiling it.

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