King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4967
Transliteration: 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
Word 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.)