Methuselah

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Old Testament figure biblical patriarch human

Methuselah is a biblical patriarch famed for his extraordinary longevity, traditionally said to have lived 969 years.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Methuselah canonical 7
Methuselah lived 969 years 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament figure ⓘ
biblical patriarch ⓘ
human ⓘ
ageAtDeath 969 years ⓘ
appearsIn Masoretic Text ⓘ
Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
appearsInGenealogyOf Adam to Noah ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus (via Lamech and Noah, in some Christian genealogies)
associatedConcept antediluvian patriarch ⓘ
longevity ⓘ
birthPlace Earth ⓘ
surface form: Earth (biblical narrative, unspecified location)
chronologicalPosition lived between Enoch and Lamech in Genesis 5 genealogy ⓘ
culturalReference proverbial symbol of great age ⓘ
deathPlace Earth (biblical narrative, unspecified location) ⓘ
diedInSameYearAs The Flood ⓘ
surface form: the Flood of Noah (traditional chronology)
era antediluvian period ⓘ
etymologyProposedMeaning "man of the dart" (one proposed Hebrew derivation) ⓘ
"when he dies, it shall be sent" (another traditional interpretation) ⓘ
father Enosh ⓘ
surface form: Enoch
gender male ⓘ
generationFromAdam eighth ⓘ
grandfather Jared ⓘ
grandson Noah ⓘ
hasCategory Antediluvian patriarchs ⓘ
Biblical people in Genesis ⓘ
Book of Genesis characters ⓘ
Longevity myths ⓘ
influenced idiom "as old as Methuselah" ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
lifespanType symbolic or literal (variously interpreted) ⓘ
livedBeforeEvent The Flood ⓘ
surface form: the Flood of Noah
mentionedIn Book of Genesis ⓘ
Christian biblical canon ⓘ
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Genesis 5 ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
name Methuselah self-link ⓘ
notableFor extraordinary longevity ⓘ
recordHeld longest lifespan of any human in the Bible ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
role link between Enoch and Noah in biblical genealogy ⓘ
son Lamech ⓘ
tradition Christian tradition ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Noah → character → Methuselah ⓘ
subject surface form: Noah (2014 film)
Enoch → father → Methuselah ⓘ
Methuselah → name → Methuselah self-link ⓘ
Monarch → notableSubjectOfStudy → Methuselah ⓘ
Godzilla–Kong MonsterVerse → featuresCharacter → Methuselah ⓘ
Genesis 5 → mentions → Methuselah ⓘ
Genesis 5 → recordsAge → Methuselah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Methuselah lived 969 years
Lamech → sonOf → Methuselah ⓘ