Metushelach מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח
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| מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | metushelach |
| Strong's number | H4968 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Methuselah |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (5) |
Metushelach (Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח, Strong's H4968) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Methuselah”. It occurs 6 times.
Definition
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.21;
son of: Enoch (H2585H);
father of: Lamech (H3929H)
Also named: Mathousala (Μαθουσάλα "Methuselah" G3103)
§ Methuselah = "man of the dart"
son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech
son of: Enoch (H2585H);
father of: Lamech (H3929H)
Also named: Mathousala (Μαθουσάλα "Methuselah" G3103)
§ Methuselah = "man of the dart"
son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | methuselah (6) |
|---|---|
| BSB | methuselah (6) |
Verses
Every verse with Metushelach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 5:21And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
- Genesis 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:25And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 5:26And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 1:3Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.
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).