Methuselah
The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived…The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
» Tom is as old as Methuselah.
Meaning
2 sensesThe oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
A planet in the PSR B1620-26 star system, Messier 4 globular cluster, Milky Way Galaxy, Scorpius constellation; a circumbinary planet, officially named PSR B1620-26 b, orbiting a pulsar (“PSR B1620-26 A”) and white dwarf (“WD B1620-26 B”).
Methusalem
Мафусаи́лMafusaíl
Мафусаї́лMafusajíl
Examples
2 sentencesTom is as old as Methuselah.
I feel as old as Methuselah.
Translations
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Origin
From Biblical Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Məṯûšelaḥ), also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח (Məṯûšālaḥ). The plFrom Biblical Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Məṯûšelaḥ), also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח (Məṯûšālaḥ). The planet's name stems from the fact that, at the time of its discovery in 2003, it was the oldest known planet.
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