# H4968 מְתוּשֶׁלַח

מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Mᵉthûwshelach), Strong’s H4968: Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch KJV: Methuselah.. Occurs 6 times.

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*Mᵉthûwshelach* — Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch

KJV: Methuselah.

Built from [מַת math](https://besorah.bible/word/H4962) (an adult) + [שֶׁלַח shelach](https://besorah.bible/word/H7973) (a missile of attack, i.e. spear) — means “man of a dart”

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח n.pr.m. descendant of Seth (? man of the dart)

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 5:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=21) — Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.
- [Genesis 5:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=22) — After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and…
- [Genesis 5:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=25) — Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, then became the father of Lamech.
- [Genesis 5:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=26) — Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other…
- [Genesis 5:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/5?v=27) — All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
- [1 Chronicles 1:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/1?v=3) — Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,