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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

me-thu'-sha-el (methusha'el): A descendant of Cain, and father of Lamech in the Cainite genealogy (Ge 4:18). The meaning of the name is doubtful. Dillmann suggested "suppliant or man of God."