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Methuselah

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Me⋅thu⋅se⋅lah

  [muh-thoo-zuh-luh, -thooz-luh]
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–noun
1. a patriarch who lived 969 years. Gen. 5:27.
2. an extremely old man.
3. a very large wine bottle holding 6 1/2 qt. (6 l).
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Me·thu·se·lah 1   (mə-thōō'zə-lə)   
A biblical patriarch said to have lived 969 years.
Me·thu·se·lah 2   (mə-thōō'zə-lə)   
n.  An extremely old man.
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Cultural Dictionary

Methuselah [(muh-thooh-zuh-luh)]

The oldest man mentioned in the Bible; according to the Book of Genesis, he was the grandfather of Noah and lived to be 969 years old.

Note: Figuratively, a “Methuselah” is an extremely old person.
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Bible Dictionary

Methuselah

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).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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