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Methushelach <a href="../hebrew/4969.htm" title="4969">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Methushelach: Methuselah</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">מְתוּשֶׁלַח</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Mthuwshelach<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>meh-too-sheh-lakh<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(meth-oo-sheh'-lakh)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Methuselah<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Methushelach<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew roots מוּת (muth, meaning "death") and שֶׁלַח (shelach, meaning "to send" or "to bring").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for Methuselah in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a Hebrew proper name. However, Methuselah is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:37), where the Greek text uses the transliteration Μεθουσάλα (Methousala).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Methuselah is a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally understood to mean "man of the dart" or "when he dies, it shall be sent," possibly referring to the flood that occurred shortly after his death. Methuselah is most famously known for being the longest-lived human in the Bible, living 969 years.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Methuselah is a significant figure in the genealogies of Genesis. He is the son of Enoch and the grandfather of Noah. His long lifespan is often seen as a symbol of God's patience and the longevity of the antediluvian patriarchs. Methuselah's life spanned a period of great wickedness on earth, culminating in the judgment of the flood.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>perhaps from <a href="/hebrew/4962.htm">math</a> and <a href="/hebrew/7973.htm">shelach</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>perhaps "man of the dart," a desc. of Seth<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Methuselah (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>descendant of Seth</b></font> (<em>? man of the dart:</em> more probably Babylonian; see conjectures in Hom<sup>PSBA 1893, 243 ff.</sup>); — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/5-22.htm">Genesis 5:22</a>,25,26,27 (P), <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/1-3.htm">1 Chronicles 1:3</a>, <font class="hebrew2">מְתוּשָׁ֑לַח</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21</a> (P). <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Μαθουσαλα</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">מַתְבֵּן</font> see <font class="hebrew2">תבן</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">מתג</font> (√ of following; meaning unknown). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Methuselah <p>From <a href="/hebrew/4962.htm">math</a> and <a href="/hebrew/7973.htm">shelach</a>; man of a dart; Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch -- Methuselah. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/4962.htm">math</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7973.htm">shelach</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַח מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃ מתושלח מתושלח׃ mə·ṯū·šā·laḥ mə·ṯū·še·laḥ məṯūšālaḥ məṯūšelaḥ metuShalach metuShelach<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/5-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 5:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־ <b> מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and became the father <span class="itali">of Methuselah.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> years, and begat <span class="itali">Methuselah:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> years and became <span class="itali">of Methuselah</span><p><b><a href="/text/genesis/5-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 5:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־ <b> מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח </b> שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the father <span class="itali">of Methuselah,</span> and he had<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he begat <span class="itali">Methuselah</span> three<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> after became <span class="itali">of Methuselah</span> three hundred<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/5-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 5:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַיְחִ֣י <b> מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח </b> שֶׁ֧בַע וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Methuselah</span> lived one hundred<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And Methuselah</span> lived an hundred<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> lived <span class="itali">Methuselah</span> and seven and eighty-seven<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/5-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 5:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַֽיְחִ֣י <b> מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַח </b> אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Then Methuselah</span> lived seven<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And Methuselah</span> lived after<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> lived <span class="itali">Methuselah</span> after became<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/5-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 5:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כָּל־ יְמֵ֣י <b> מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח </b> תֵּ֤שַׁע וְשִׁשִּׁים֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the days <span class="itali">of Methuselah</span> were nine<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And all the days <span class="itali">of Methuselah</span> were nine<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/5-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all the days <span class="itali">of Methuselah</span> were nine sixty<p><b><a href="/text/1_chronicles/1-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 1:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> חֲנ֥וֹךְ <b> מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח </b> לָֽמֶךְ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Enoch, <span class="itali">Methuselah,</span> Lamech,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Henoch, <span class="itali">Methuselah,</span> Lamech,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/1-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Enoch <span class="itali">Methuselah</span> Lamech<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4968.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4968.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4968<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/metushalach_4968.htm">mə·ṯū·šā·laḥ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a 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