ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H4968 - mᵊṯûšelaḥ

Choose a new font size and typeface
מְתוּשֶׁלַח
Transliteration
mᵊṯûšelaḥ
Pronunciation
meth-oo-sheh'-lakh
Listen
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מְתוּשֶׁלַח Mᵉthûwshelach, meth-oo-sheh'-lakh; from H4962 and H7973; man of a dart; Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch:—Methuselah.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H4968 in the following manner: Methuselah (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H4968 in the following manner: Methuselah (6x).
  1. Methuselah = "man of the dart"

    1. son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְתוּשֶׁלַח Mᵉthûwshelach, meth-oo-sheh'-lakh; from H4962 and H7973; man of a dart; Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch:—Methuselah.
STRONGS H4968: Abbreviations
מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח proper name, masculine descendant of Seth (? man of the dart: more probably Babylonian; see conjectures in HomPSBA 1893, 243 ff.); — מ׳ Genesis 5:22, 25, 26, 27 (P), 1 Chronicles 1:3, מְתוּשָׁ֑לַח Genesis 5:21 (P). Greek Version of the LXX Μαθουσαλα.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:21; 5:22; 5:25; 5:26; 5:27

1 Chronicles

1:3

H4968

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4968 matches the Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (mᵊṯûšelaḥ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:21 - When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - Enoch walked with God[fn] after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:27 - Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:3 - Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan