H4968

מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח

me.tu.she.lachN:N-M-P

Methuselah

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.5.21; son of: Enoch (H2585H); father of: Lamech (H3929H) Also named: Mathousala (Μαθουσάλα "Methuselah" G3103) § Methuselah = "man of the dart" son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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

מַתְבֵּן see תבן.

5 occurrences

Genesis (4), I Chronicles (1)

Genesis 5:22
Genesis 5:25
Genesis 5:26
Genesis 5:27
I Chronicles 1:3