Methuselah
See also: methuselah
English
Etymology
From Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (M'tušelaḥ), also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח (M'tušalaḥ).
Proper noun
Methuselah
- The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
- (planets) A planet in PSR B1620-26 star system, Messier 4 globular cluster, Milky Way Galaxy, Scorpius constellation; the oldest planet discovered at the time of discovery in 2003; a circumbinary planet orbiting a pulsar (“PSR B1620-26 A”) and white dwarf (“WD B1620-26 B”).
- Synonyms: Planet Methuselah, Methuselah Planet, Genesis, Planet Genesis, Genesis Planet, PSR B1620-26 b, WD B1620-26 b, ** B1620-26 b, B1620-26b, PSR B1620-26 c, WD B1620-26 c, ** B1620-26 c, B1620-26c
Quotations
(Biblical character):
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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:
Derived terms
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Further reading
PSR B1620−26 b on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
Methuselah (plural Methuselahs)
- (by extension) Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.
- Alternative spelling of methuselah (“large wine bottle”).
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