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Methuselah en · NOUN

Etymology

From 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.

Meanings

1. (broadly) Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of methuselah (“large wine bottle”).
   alt of methuselah

Forms

Translations (2)

hu matuzsálem (person or thing that has lived to a very old age) · pt matusalém (person or thing that has lived to a very old age)

Methuselah en · PROPN

Etymology

From 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.

Meanings

1. The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
   • 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: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:25-26:
2. 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”).

Deriveds

Methuselaic · as old as Methuselah · Methuselan

Synonyms

Planet Genesis · Genesis Planet · Methuselah Planet · Genesis · Planet Methuselah

Translations (55)

csb Metuszelach (Biblical character) · cmn 瑪土撒拉 /玛土撒拉 (Biblical character) · gu મથૂશેલાહ (Biblical character) · ca Matusalem (Biblical character) · pt Matusalém (Biblical character) · nn Metusalem (Biblical character) · chr ᎻᏚᏏᎳ (Biblical character) · fa متوشالح (Biblical character) · pl Matuzalem (Biblical character) · grc Μαθουσάλα (Biblical character) · oc Matusalèm (Biblical character) · cy Methwsela (Biblical character) · hi मतूशेलह (Biblical character) · fi Metuselah (Biblical character) · wa Matîssalé (Biblical character) · cy Methusela (Biblical character) · mk Матусал (Biblical character) · he מְתוּשֶׁלַח (Biblical character) · fr Mathusalem (Biblical character) · yo Mẹ̀túsélà (Biblical character) · ast Matusalén (Biblical character) · ru Мафусаи́л (Biblical character) · uk Мафусаї́л (Biblical character) · ro Matusalem (Biblical character) · bo མེ་ཐུ་ཟི་ལཱ། (Biblical character) · bg Матусал (Biblical character) · la Mathusael (Biblical character) · nn Metusjalah (Biblical character) · el Μαθουσάλας (Biblical character) · ro Metusala (Biblical character) · nb Metusjalah (Biblical character) · eu Matusalen (Biblical character) · it Matusalemme (Biblical character) · mk Метуза́лем (Biblical character) · mi Matutaera (Biblical character) · pl Metuszelach (Biblical character) · de Methusalem (Biblical character) · cs Metuzalém (Biblical character) · fi Metusalem (Biblical character) · eo Metuŝelaĥ (Biblical character) · ar مَتُوشَلَخ (Biblical character) · yi מתושלח (Biblical character) · ang Matusael (Biblical character) · ja メトシェラ (Biblical character) · id Metusalah (Biblical character) · es Matusalén (Biblical character) · grc Μαθουσάλας (Biblical character) · sh Мету̀залем (Biblical character) · ko 므두셀라 (Biblical character) · bcl Matusalen (Biblical character) · es Mathusalam (Biblical character) · hu Matuzsálem (Biblical character) · nb Metusalem (Biblical character) · gl Metuxalén (Biblical character) · sh Metùzalem (Biblical character)