Topical Bible: Methuselah (2024)

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Methuselah

(man of the dart), the son of Enoch, sixth in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech. (Genesis 5:25-27)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Methuselah

Son of Enoch, and father of Lamech. He lived 969 years, a longer life than any other on record, and died within the year before the deluge, Genesis 5:21,22.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine years, in the year of the Flood (Genesis 5:21-27; 1 Chronicles 1:3).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

METHUSELAH

me-thu'-se-la, me-thu'-se-la (methushelach, "man of the javelin"): A descendant of Seth, the son of Enoch, and father of Lamech (Genesis 5:21 1 Chronicles 1:3 Luke 3:37). Methuselah is said to have lived 969 years; he is therefore the oldest of the patriarchs and the oldest man. It is doubtful whether these long years do not include the duration of a family or clan.

Greek

3103c. Mathousala -- Methuselah, a patriarch
... 3103b, 3103c. Mathousala. 3104 . Methuselah, a patriarch. Transliteration:
Mathousala Short Definition: Methuselah. Word Origin ...
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3103. Mathousala -- Matthat, an Israelite
... Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Mathousala Phonetic Spelling:
(math-oo-sal'-ah) Short Definition: Methuselah Definition: (Hebrew ...
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1802. Enoch -- Enoch, a patriarch
... Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Enoch Phonetic Spelling: (en-oke') Short
Definition: Enoch Definition: Enoch, son of Jared and father of Methuselah. ...
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2984. Lamech -- Lamech, a patriarch and an ancestor of Christ
... Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Lamech Phonetic Spelling: (lam'-ekh) Short
Definition: Lamech Definition: (Hebrew), Lamech, son of Methuselah and father of ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4968. Methushelach -- perhaps "man of the dart," a descendant of ...
... perhaps "man of the dart," a descendant of Seth. Transliteration: Methushelach Phonetic
Spelling: (meth-oo-sheh'-lakh) Short Definition: Methuselah. ... Methuselah. ...
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Library

Of Methuselah's Age, which Seems to Extend Fourteen Years Beyond ...
... Book XV. Chapter 11."Of Methuselah's Age, Which Seems to Extend Fourteen
Years Beyond the Deluge. From this discrepancy between ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 11 of methuselahs age which.htm

The Answer to the Question Raised.
... Seth, Seth begat Enos, Enos begat Cainan, but Cainan begat Mahalaleel, but Mahalaleel
begat Jared, Jared begat Enoch, Enoch begat Methuselah, Methuselah begat ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxi the answer to.htm

Whether, in Computing Years, we Ought to Follow the Hebrew or the ...
... This is a sufficiently plausible account of the difficulty regarding Methuselah's
life, and of that other case in which there is a difference in the total of ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 13 whether in computing years.htm

Christian Morals. Part iii.
... histories of those longevous generations, when men might have been properly historians,
when Adam might have read long lectures unto Methuselah, and Methuselah ...
//christianbookshelf.org/browne/christian morals/christian morals part iii.htm

Of the Different Computation of the Ages of the Antediluvians ...
... For Methuselah, whom Enoch begat, lived, before he begat his successor, not 100
years less, but 100 years more, according to the Hebrew reading; and in our mss ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 10 of the different computation.htm

What is Man?
... 2. Now, what a poor pittance of duration is this, compared to the life of
Methuselah! "And Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 103 what is man.htm

Chapter v
... Enos> 90 235 815 905 1140 Kenan> 70 325 840 910 1235 Mahalalel> 65 395 830 895 1290
Jared> 162 460 800 962 1422 Enoch> 65 622 300 365 (987) Methuselah> 187 687 ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter v.htm

The Pentateuch.
... In respect to the age of Methuselah when Lamech was born, there is a difference
of twenty years between the Vatican and the Alexandrine manuscripts. ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xix the pentateuch.htm

Concerning the Genuineness of "The Prophecy of Enoch. "
... great-grandfather's "grace in the sight of God," [105] and concerning all his
preachings; [106] since Enoch had given no other charge to Methuselah than that ...
/.../on the apparel of women/chapter iii concerning the genuineness of.htm

C. The Genealogy of Jesus. Ch. 3:23-38
... of Eber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of
Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/c the genealogy of jesus.htm

Thesaurus

Methuselah (7 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. METHUSELAH. ...Methuselah is said to have lived 969
years; he is therefore the oldest of the patriarchs and the oldest man. ...
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Methuselah's (1 Occurrence)
...Methuselah's (1 Occurrence). Genesis 5:27 And all the years of Methuselah's life
were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end. (BBE). ...
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Methu'selah (6 Occurrences)
Methu'selah. Methuselah, Methu'selah. Methuselah's . ... Methu'selah (6 Occurrences).
Genesis 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah. ...
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Enoch (18 Occurrences)
... (2.) The son of Jared, and father of Methuselah (Genesis 5:21; Luke 3:37). His
father was one hundred and sixty-two years old when he was born. ...
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Lamech (11 Occurrences)
... With him the curtain falls on the race of Cain. We know nothing of his descendants.
(2.) The seventh in descent from Seth, being the only son of Methuselah. ...
/l/lamech.htm - 12k

Begetteth (52 Occurrences)
... sons and daughters. (YLT). Genesis 5:21 And Enoch liveth five and sixty years,
and begetteth Methuselah. (YLT). Genesis 5:22 And Enoch ...
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Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)
... See CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 2. Divergences between the Three Texts: Divergence
exists in the case of Jared, Methuselah and Lamech only. ...
/p/patriarchs.htm - 37k

Antediluvian
... See CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 2. Divergences between the Three Texts: Divergence
exists in the case of Jared, Methuselah and Lamech only. ...
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Eighty (36 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Genesis 5:25 Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became
the father of Lamech. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
/e/eighty.htm - 17k

Daughters (246 Occurrences)
... Genesis 5:22 Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah three
hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters. ...
/d/daughters.htm - 39k

Resources

Who was Lamech in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Enoch in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Questions about People in the Bible (All) | GotQuestions.org

Methuselah: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Methuselah (7 Occurrences)

Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
(WEB WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 5:21
Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 5:25
Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 5:26
Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 5:27
All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Methusaleh

Methuselah

Methuselah: Son of Enoch and Grandfather of Noah

Related Terms

Methuselah's (1 Occurrence)

Methu'selah (6 Occurrences)

Enoch (18 Occurrences)

Lamech (11 Occurrences)

Begetteth (52 Occurrences)

Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)

Antediluvian

Eighty (36 Occurrences)

Daughters (246 Occurrences)

Begetting (20 Occurrences)

Sixty (70 Occurrences)

Hundred (526 Occurrences)

969 (1 Occurrence)

300 (4 Occurrences)

187 (1 Occurrence)

65 (2 Occurrences)

782 (1 Occurrence)

Kenan (7 Occurrences)

Nine (55 Occurrences)

Jared (7 Occurrences)

Walketh (62 Occurrences)

Eighty-seven (2 Occurrences)

Eighty-two (2 Occurrences)

Dieth (192 Occurrences)

Mahalaleel (7 Occurrences)

Mahalalel (8 Occurrences)

Methusala (1 Occurrence)

Maha'lale-el (1 Occurrence)

Methushael (1 Occurrence)

Mathusala (1 Occurrence)

Cainan (8 Occurrences)

Ca-i'nan (2 Occurrences)

Antediluvians

Sixty-nine (2 Occurrences)

Sixty-five (5 Occurrences)

Seven (404 Occurrences)

Habitually (43 Occurrences)

Walked (178 Occurrences)

Cain (18 Occurrences)

Sons (2429 Occurrences)

Henoch (2 Occurrences)

Noah (55 Occurrences)

Birth (357 Occurrences)

Spirit (706 Occurrences)

Holy (1097 Occurrences)

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What was special about Methuselah in the Bible? ›

Methuselah, in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), patriarch whose life span as recorded in Genesis (5:27) was 969 years. Methuselah has survived in legend and tradition as the longest-lived human.

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What does the Methuselah symbolize? ›

Boia believes that Methuselah serves the symbolic function of linking the Creation and the Flood, as Adam would have died during Methuselah's lifetime and Methuselah could have learned about the Garden of Eden from Adam.

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Was Methuselah alive when Noah built the ark? ›

The optimist would conclude that Methuselah, had he been alive when the flood occurred, would have boarded the ark with his grandson and kin. Instead he died before the cataclysm occurred, faithful to the end.

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Did Methuselah really live 969 years? ›

One of the most frequently asked questions that we receive in our lecture series is “How did men live so long during early Biblical times?” The Bible indicates ages of 969, 950, etc., years for early men. From a scientific standpoint we cannot verify this figure.

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Who walked with God and never died? ›

The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him" (Gen 5:21–24), which is interpreted as Enoch entering heaven alive in some Jewish and Christian traditions, and interpreted differently in others. Enoch is the subject of many Jewish and Christian traditions.

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Did people really live to be 900 years old? ›

This is evident in an ancient list of the kings of Sumer (a region in what is modern-day Iraq) that describes rulers who allegedly lived for tens of thousands of years. The earliest king on this list to be confirmed as having an actual historical existence is Enmebaragesi, who was recorded to have lived for 900 years.

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What is the curse of Methuselah? ›

On a desolate mountain top in California lives the world's oldest organism – a gnarled and twisted bristlecone pine. The Curse Of The Methuselah Tree shows how the climate and dramatic events – from volcanoes to nuclear tests – over the last 4000 years have affected Methuselah's growth rings.

Did God take Methuselah to heaven? ›

Methuselah was the son of Enoch, a man who walked with God so nearly, so dearly, that God ushered him into heaven without the experience of death.

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What does methu mean in Hebrew? ›

The word metu may be derived from the word mot meaning death and the "u" is a suffix that means "their" - "their death". There is no way to know for certain if the final vowel in metu was an "o" or an "u" as the vowel pointings that make that distinction are of fairly recent origin.

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Do Adam and Eve go to heaven? ›

After all, they disobeyed God's command to not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. God is the One who decides who does or does not enter heaven. There's no place in the Bible that says they were saved. But there is no place in the Bible that indicates the couple was lost, either.

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What is the sword of Methuselah? ›

The Sword of Methuselah, also known as Enoch's Sword, is a powerful blade that possesses the power to defeat any being on Earth, including demons, such as Moloch. However, whoever uses the sword to take a life shall have their own soul taken in exchange by the sword.

Did Adam meet Methuselah? ›

For 243 years, Adam taught the history of the Garden of Eden to Methuselah, who was a firm witness to the early half of the redemptive history up until the flood. 9. Adam at the age of 874: Adam saw the ninth descent Lamech. Lamech, the ninth descent from Adam, was born.

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What does 969 mean in the Bible? ›

ESV Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died. NIV Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died. NASB So all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died. CSB So Methuselah's life lasted 969 years; then he died.

What powers did Methuselah have? ›

Unlike many Titans, Methuselah lacks any elemental powers, instead relying on his massive size and strength to "bulldoze" other Titans in battle. He can use his powerful jaws and massive horns to inflict a great deal of damage and destruction. He can also effortlessly carry an entire human population on his back.

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What Scripture talks about Methuselah? ›

Genesis 5:25-27 “When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.”

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What does Genesis 5 say about Methuselah? ›

Genesis 5:27 In-Context

27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died. 28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29 He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”

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What is the meaning of Lamech? ›

The name Lamech originates from Hebrew and carries the meaning of Powerful. It has its roots deeply embedded in biblical history.

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