Strong's Hebrew · H4968
H4968 Mᵉthûwshelach
מְתוּשֶׁלַח
meth-oo-sheh'-lakh
Methuselah
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Mᵉthûwshelach appears 6 times in Scripture, in Genesis and 1 Chronicles. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch
In the King James Version
Methuselah.
Derivation
Appears 6 times in Scripture
“When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.”
“And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.”
“Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.”
“And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.”
“So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.”
“When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became 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).
