Methusael — the meaning of the Hebrew name מְתוּשָׁאֵל

מְתוּשָׁאֵל

Mᵉthûwshâʼêl · pronounced meth-oo-shaw-ale' · Strong's H4967 · a man

Methusael means man who (is) of God.

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מַת math (from, H4962) — properly, an adult (as of full length) open in the lexicon ›

אֵל ʼêl (and, H410) — strength open in the lexicon ›

from H4962 and H410, with the relative interposed; man who (is) of God; Methusael, an antediluvian patriarch.

Gen 4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Genesis

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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