Lexical Summary Methushael: "man of God", a descendant of Cain Original Word: מְתוּשָׁאֵלTransliteration: Methushael Phonetic Spelling: (meth-oo-shaw-ale') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "man of God", a descendant of Cain Meaning: Methushael -- "man of God", a descendant of Cain Strong's Concordance Methusael From math and 'el, with the relative interposed; man who (is) of God; Methusael, an antediluvian patriarch -- Methusael. see HEBREW math see HEBREW 'el Brown-Driver-Briggs H4967. Methushael מְתוּשָׁאֵל proper name, masculine descendant of Cain (Babylonian form., mutu-ša-ili 'man of God,' LenOrig. ed. 2, i. 262 f. Eng. Tr. 268); — Genesis 4:18 (twice in verse) (J), ᵐ5 Μαθουσαλα (i.e.מְתוּשֶׁלַח? so Di; otherwise BuUrgesch. 125 f.) |
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