HebrewH4968Proper Noun (Masculine)

מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח

me.tu.she.lach

6Occurrences
H4968Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at ; son of: Enoch (H2585H); father of: Lamech (H3929H) Also named: Mathousala (*Μαθουσάλα *"Methuselah" G3103) § Methuselah = "man of the dart" son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
5
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:3BSB

Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.

Genesis 5:21BSB

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

Genesis 5:22BSB

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

Genesis 5:25BSB

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

Genesis 5:26BSB

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

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