מְתוּשֶׁלַח Mᵉthûwshelach
Meaning
Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch
In the King James Version: Methuselah.
Derivation: from H4962 (מַת) and H7973 (שֶׁלַח); man of a dart;
Where it is used
- 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.
- Genesis 5:25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.