Strong's Hebrew · H4968

מְתוּשֶׁלַח

Mᵉthûwshelach · meth-oo-sheh'-lakh

Methuselah.

Definition

Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch

Derivation

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

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Genesis 5:21

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

Genesis 5:22

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

1 Chronicles 1:3

Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

Genesis 5:26

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

Genesis 5:27

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

Genesis 5:25

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

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