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me.tu.she.lach H4968

מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח (me.tu.she.lach) means “Methuselah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח Hebrew · H4968 6 tagged occurrences in 6 verses

Pronunciation guide: meth-oo-sheh'-lakh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4968

מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח · me.tu.she.lach · 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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H4962 (מַת) and H7973 (שֶׁלַח); man of a dart; Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch

KJV glosses: Methuselah.

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How translators render H4968

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
methuselah 4
so methuselah 1
when methuselah 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
methuselah 3
and methuselah 2
of methuselah 1

Verses containing H4968

Page 1 of 1. 6 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

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  2. Genesis 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

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  3. Genesis 5:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

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  4. Genesis 5:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

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  5. Genesis 5:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

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  6. 1 Chronicles 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

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Sources and text

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