Methuselah
WordNet

noun


(1)   A man who is very old
(2)   (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
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Proper noun



  1. The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
  2. Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.

Quotations

  • 1611King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 5:25-26
    And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
 
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