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<p> [[Methuselah]] (me-thû'se-lah), man of dart, or he dies and it is sent—namely, the flood. The son of Enoch, and, according to [[Hebrew]] chronology, 969 years old when he died, in the first year of the flood. The longest-lived man was the son of the saintliest of his time. [[Genesis]] 5:27; 1 Chronicles 1:3. He lived 243 years with [[Adam]] and 600 years with Noah. The history of the fall and of the world before the flood was carried thus through only one person to Noah. </p>

<p> ("he dies and it (the flood) is sent".) A name given prophetically by Enoch, or given after the event. Phoenician inscriptions use methu or betha ("a man"). The man who lived the longest - 969 years. He died in the year of the flood, possibly by it. It is suggestive that death enters into the name of the longest liver. No record of godliness is given, as in his father Enoch's case (Genesis 5:21-27); faith is not always hereditary. </p>

<p> <strong> METHUSELAH. </strong> A Sethite, the father of Lamech, [[Genesis]] 5:21 ff. (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ), 1 Chronicles 1:3 , Luke 3:37 = <strong> [[Methushael]] </strong> in [[J]] [Note: Jahwist.] ’s genealogy, Luke 4:18 . The name is interpreted by Holzinger as ‘man of the javelin’ a fitting name for a time when the earth was full of violence. </p>

<p> [[Son]] of Enoch, and the seventh from Adam: he lived 969 years, longer than any other person, and died in the year of the flood. [[Genesis]] 5:21-27; 1 Chronicles 1:3 . He is called MATHUSALA in Luke 3:37 . </p>

<p> the son of Enoch, and father of Lamech, [[Genesis]] 5:21 . He was born A.M. 687 and died A.M. 1656, being the very year of the deluge, at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine, the greatest age to which any mortal man ever attained. </p>

<p> Methu'selah. (man of the dart). The son of Enoch, sixth in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech. [[Genesis]] 5:25-27. </p>

<p> [[Son]] of Enoch, and father of Lamech. He lived 969 years, a longer life than any other on record, and died within the year before the deluge, [[Genesis]] 5:21,22 . </p>

[[Genesis]] 5:215:26-29Genesis 5:27

[[Genesis]] 5:21-271 Chronicles 1:3

<p> <b> METHUSELAH. </b> —Mentioned as a link in our Lord’s genealogy, Luke 3:37. </p>

<p> (Ieb. Methushe'lach, מְתוּשֵׁלִח, man of the dart; Sept. and N.T. Μαθουσάλα; Josephus, Μαθουσάλας, Ant. 1:3, 3 and 4; Vulg. [[Mathusala]] and Mathusale; Auth. Vers. "Mathusala," in Luke 3:37), the son of Enoch, and eighth of the Sethite antediluvian patriarchs (Genesis v. 21, 22, 25, 26, 27; 1 Chronicles 1:3). He was born (according to the Hebrews text) BC. 3484. When he had attained the age of 187 years, his son [[Lamech]] was born, after which he lived 782 years, and died (BC. 2516) only a few months before the flood, at the extreme age of 969; which, being the greatest term attained by any on record. has caused his name to become a proverb of long life. (See [[Longevity]]). </p>

<p> ''''' mḗ ''''' - ''''' thū´sḗ ''''' - ''''' la ''''' , ''''' me ''''' - ''''' thū´se ''''' - ''''' la ''''' ( מתוּשׁלח , <i> ''''' methūshelaḥ ''''' </i> , "man of the javelin"): A descendant of Seth, the son of Enoch, and father of [[Lamech]] ( [[Genesis]] 5:21 ff; 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:37 ). [[Methuselah]] is said to have lived 969 years; he is therefore the oldest of the patriarchs and the oldest man. It is doubtful whether these long years do not include the duration of a family or clan. </p>

<p> Methu´selah (man of the dust), son of Enoch, and remarkable as being the oldest of those antediluvian patriarchs whose great ages are recorded . At the age of 187 years he begat [[Lamech]] (the father of Noah); after which he lived 782 years, making altogether 969 years [LONGEVITY]. </p>