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METHUSELAH.—A Sethite, the father of Lamech, Gen_5:21 ff. (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ), 1Ch_1:3, Luk_3:37 = Methushael in J [Note: Jahwist.] ’s genealogy, Luk_4:18. The name is interpreted by Holzinger as ‘man of the javelin’—a fitting name for a time when the earth was full of violence.