Mᵉthûwshelach — H4968

Definition

masculine proper noun

Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch

1. Methuselah = "man of the dart"
2. son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech

Usually translated as

Methuselah

Origin

from H4962 and H7973; man of a dart

• Derived from Math (H4962)
• Derived from Shelach (H7973)

Greek equivalents

• Mathousála (G3103)

Occurrences

Mᵉthûwshelach occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Genesis 5:21 — And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah (מְתוּשָֽׁלַח):
• Genesis 5:22 — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah (מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח) three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
• Genesis 5:25 — And Methuselah (מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח) lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
• Genesis 5:26 — And Methuselah (מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַח) lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
• Genesis 5:27 — And all the days of Methuselah (מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח) were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
• 1 Chronicles 1:3 — Henoch, Methuselah (מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח), Lamech,