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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.θuˈsa.las/ → /ma.θuˈsa.las/
Proper noun
Μαθουσάλας • (Mathousálas) m (genitive Μαθουσάλου); first declension
- Alternative form of Μαθουσάλα (Mathousála)
93 CE – 94 CE,
Josephus,
Antiquities of the Jews 1.79:
- Ἦν δ᾽ αὐτὸς μὲν ἀπὸ Ἀδάμου δέκατος: Λαμέχου γάρ ἐστιν υἱός, οὗ πατὴρ ἦν Μαθουσάλας, οὗτος δὲ ἦν τοῦ Ἀνώχου τοῦ Ἰαρέδου, Μαλαήλου δὲ Ἰάρεδος ἐγεγόνει, ὃς ἐκ Καϊνᾶ τεκνοῦται τοῦ Ἀνώσου σὺν ἀδελφαῖς πλείοσιν, Ἄνωσος δὲ Σήθου υἱὸς ἦν τοῦ Ἀδάμου.
- Translation by William Whiston
- Now he was the tenth from Adam, as being the son of Lamech, whose father was Mathusela; he was the son of Enoch, the son of Jared; and Jared was the son of Malaleel, who, with many of his sisters, were the children of Cainan, the son of Enos. Now Enos was the son of Seth, the son of Adam.
Inflection