Hebrew word · H4968

מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח

metushelach

Methuselah

Appears 6 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 5

  1. Genesis 5:21 מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃ Methuselah

    When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

  2. Genesis 5:22 מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח Methuselah

    And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

    Here: Enoch's son. The name probably means 'man of the javelin' or 'man of Shelah' (possibly a divine name). The popular sermon reading 'when he dies, it will be sent' (meaning the Flood) is a later wordplay and not the accepted etymology.

  3. Genesis 5:25 מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח Methuselah

    When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

  4. Genesis 5:26 מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַח Methuselah

    And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

  5. Genesis 5:27 מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח Methuselah

    So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:3 מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח Methuselah

    Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

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