METHUSELAH  , in the Old Testament, the seventh in descent from See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam, and See also:

• FATHER

father of See also:

• LAMECH

Lamech . According to See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis v . 21 he lived 969 years (see See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

BIBLE: Old Testament, § 5, " See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

Chronology ") . The name itself has been much discussed . Holzinger interprets it as " See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of the See also:

• JAVELIN

javelin ": Hommel prefers " man of Selah," Selah being the Hebraized See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the Babylonian Sarrahu (i.e. the See also:

• GOD

god See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

Sin), and identifies it with the'Aµhjs os of See also:

• BEROSSUS

Berossus . The form Methushael, used by the author of Gen. iv . 18 and by some commentators preferred for Gen. v . 21, is variously explained as meaning " man of El " (See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

Ball), or as a transcription (See also:

• SAYCE, ARCHIBALD HENRY (1846- )

Sayce) of the Babylonian Mutula-See also:

• ILI

ili (possibly, " man of the goddess") .