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Today's Word "Methuselah"

Extremely old man on

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Methuselah \muh-THOO-zuh-luh\ (noun) - 1 : The name of a biblical patriarch said to have lived 969 years. 2 : An extremely old man.

"It just comes natural to me, I suppose. I used to know all the generations of Adam down to Methuselah." -- Paul Green, 'This Body the Earth'

 

Methuselah is from Hebrew Methushelah, Biblical patriarch represented as having lived 969 years.


 

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