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Methuselah Definition

Me·thu·selah (mə t̸ho̵̅o̅′zə lə, -t̸hyo̵̅o̅′-)

noun

  1. Bible one of the patriarchs, who lived 969 years: Gen. 5:27
  2. Winemaking a large wine bottle, esp. one for champagne, holding about 6 liters

Etymology: Heb methūshelaḥ, lit., ? man of the dart, or ? man of Shelah (a Babylonian deity)

Methuselah Quotes

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.

—Bible (Old Testament)