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Strong's #4968 - מְתוּשֶׁלַח

Transliteration

Mᵉthûwshelach

Phonetics

meth-oo-sheh'-lakh

Origin

from (H4962) and (H7973)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Methuselah = "man of the dart"
1. son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

CSB (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

KJV (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

LEB (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

LSB (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

N95 (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (6)

Genesis 5

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח proper name, masculine descendant of Seth (? man of the dart: more probably Babylonian; see conjectures in Hom^{PSBA 1893,243ff.}); — ׳מ Genesis 5:22,25,26,27 (P), 1 Chronicles 1:3, מְתוּשָׁ֑לַח Genesis 5:21 (P). ᵐ5 Μαθουσαλα.

מַתְבֵּן see תבן.

מתג (√ of following; meaning unknown).

List of Word Forms

מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח מְתוּשֶׁ֖לַח מְתוּשֶׁ֗לַח מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃ מתושלח מתושלח׃ mə·ṯū·šā·laḥ mə·ṯū·še·laḥ məṯūšālaḥ məṯūšelaḥ metuShalach metuShelach