Quick Definition
Methuselah
Biblical Persons & Places
Methuselah
Man living at the time before the Flood
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.21;
referred to as Methuselah (מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח), or Methuselah (KJV= Mathusala) (Μαθουσάλα);
a son of Enoch;
father of Lamech.
Strong's Definition
Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch
Derivation: from H4962 (מַת) and H7973 (שֶׁלַח); man of a dart;
KJV Usage: Methuselah.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Methuselah = "man of the dart"
1) son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.21;
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מְתוּשֶׁלַח
methûshelach
BDB Definition:
Methuselah = man of the dart
1) son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H4962 and H7973
Total KJV Occurrences: 6