methuselah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
methuselah in 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).
methuselah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(man of the dart), the son of Enoch, sixth in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech. #Ge 5:25-27|
methuselah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
METHU'SELAH (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. Gen 5:27; 1 Chr 1:3.
methuselah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("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.