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Methuselah

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Easton's Bible Dictionary · 1897

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).

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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863

(man of the dart), the son of Enoch, sixth in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech. (Genesis 5:25-27)

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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898

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.

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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880

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.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary (Matthew George Easton, 1897). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Smith's Bible Dictionary (William Smith, 1863). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Hastings Dictionary of the Bible (James Hastings, 1898). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible (Philip Schaff, 1880). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain.

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