In the bible, Methuselah is the name of the son of Enoch (GEN 5:21). Meaning of the name: man of the javelin. Related names are:
Lamech,
Enoch, and
Henoch. The translations of Methuselah in 92 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Matusalén in Spanish to
メトシェラ in Japanese!
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: (GEN 5:21)
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: (GEN 5:22)
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: (GEN 5:25)
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: (GEN 5:26)
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. (GEN 5:27)
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, (1CH 1:3)