Methuselah

Meaning

Name

1. The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
2. A planet in 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”).

Noun

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”).

Synonyms

graybeard

greybeard

old man

Translations

Mathusalem

Matusalemme

Matusalém

Μαθουσάλας

Methusalem

Mathusalam

Matusalem

Matusalén

anciano

Μαθουσάλα

vell

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Methusalah

Etymology

From Hebrew מְתוּשֶׁלַח (M'tušelaḥ), also spelled מְתוּשָׁלַח (M'tušalaḥ). The planet's name stems from the fact that, at the time of its discovery in 2003, it was the oldest known planet.