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Methuselah definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
2: a man who is very old [syn: old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Hebrew M?th?shela? Date: 14th century 1. an ancestor of Noah held to have lived 969 years 2. an oversize wine bottle holding about six liters

Britannica Concise

Old Testament patriarch who lived to the age of 969. The son of Enoch, he is mentioned in Genesis as a descendant of Seth, the son of Adam and Eve begotten after Cain. He is remembered as the world's oldest human being. He was the father of Lamech and grandfather of Noah; his later descendants included Abraham, Jacob, and David.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a very old person or thing. 2 (methuselah) a wine bottle of about eight times the standard size. Etymology: ME: the name of a patriarch said to have lived 969 years (Gen.
5:27)

Easton's Bible Dictionary

man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine years, in the year of the Flood (Gen. 5:21-27; 1 Chr. 1:3).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

me-thu'-se-la, me-thu'-se-la (methushelach, "man of the javelin"): A descendant of Seth, the son of Enoch, and father of Lamech (Ge 5:21 ff; 1Ch 1:3; Lu 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.

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