H4968Hebrewməṯûšelaḥ

מְתוּשֶׁלַח

Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch

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Total Occurrences
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Books
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Old Testament
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New Testament

Strong’s Definition

Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch

Etymology & Derivation

from H4962 (מַת) and H7973 (שֶׁלַח); man of a dart;

KJV Usage

Methuselah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

  • 1.son of enoch, 6th in descent from seth, and father of lamech and other sons and daughters

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mᵉthûwshelach; Pronunciation: meth-oo-sheh'-lakh