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Lexicon :: Strong's H4968 - mᵊṯûšelaḥ

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מְתוּשֶׁלַח
Transliteration
mᵊṯûšelaḥ
Pronunciation
meth-oo-sheh'-lakh
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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.
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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.

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When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.

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When Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old, he became the father of Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after the birth of Lamech and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:27 - So Methuselah lived nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:3 - Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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