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Strong's #4967 - מְתוּשָׁאֵל

Transliteration

Mᵉthûwshâʼêl

Phonetics

meth-oo-shaw-ale'

Origin

from (H4962) and (H410), with the relative interposed

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Methusael = "who is of God"
1. son of Mehujael, 4th in descent from Cain, and father of Lamech

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1542 ‑ ἑκατονταπλασίων (hek‑at‑on‑ta‑plah‑see'‑own);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Genesis 2

BSB (2)

Genesis 2

CSB (2)

Genesis 2

ESV (2)

Genesis 2

KJV (1)

Genesis 1

LEB (2)

Genesis 2

LSB (2)

Genesis 2

N95 (2)

Genesis 2

NAS (2)

Genesis 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Genesis 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מְתוּשָׁאֵל proper name, masculine descendant of Cain (Babylonian form., mutu-ša-ili 'man of God,' Len^{Orig. ed. 2, i. 262f. Eng. Tr. 268}); — Genesis 4:18 (twice in verse) (J), ᵐ5 Μαθουσαλα (i.e.מְתוּשֶׁלַח? so Di; otherwise Bu^{Urgesch. 125 f.})

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מְתוּשָׁאֵל (“man of God,” compound of מְתוּ const. for מֶת man, which see, שַׁ·=אֲשֶׁר the mark of the genit. and אֵל), [Methusael], pr.n. of a patriarch, one of the descendants of Cain, Genesis 4:18.

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List of Word Forms

וּמְתוּשָׁאֵ֖ל ומתושאל מְת֣וּשָׁאֵ֔ל מתושאל mə·ṯū·šā·’êl məṯūšā’êl meTushaEl ū·mə·ṯū·šā·’êl ūməṯūšā’êl umetushaEl