Strong's Hebrew · H4967

H4967 Mᵉthûwshâʼêl

מְתוּשָׁאֵל

meth-oo-shaw-ale'

Methushael

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Mᵉthûwshâʼêl appears twice in Scripture, both in Genesis 4:18. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Methusael, an antediluvian patriarch

In the King James Version

Methusael.

Derivation

from H4962 (מַת) and H410 (אֵל), with the relative interposed; man who (is) of God;

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Genesis 4:18

“Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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