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- proper noun The
oldest person whose age is recorded in theHebrew Bible , having reportedly lived 969 years. - proper noun hence Any person or thing that has lived to a very
old age.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
- noun a man who is very old
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Examples
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By the Jumpin 'Methuselah, I'll quit my job in two minutes if you don't fire me.
CHAPTER 15 2010
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The name Methuselah has a clouded meaning, but some say they know for sure the meaning of this name.
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The name Methuselah has a clouded meaning, but some say they know for sure the meaning of this name.
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Robert Heinlein, in Methuselah’s Children, first published in 1941, already recognized this problem, and envisioned that all such vehicles would actually be driven, not by their occupants, but by a central traffic computer.
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Robert Heinlein, in Methuselah’s Children, first published in 1941, already recognized this problem, and envisioned that all such vehicles would actually be driven, not by their occupants, but by a central traffic computer.
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In the case of Trinity Blood, the technology that created vampires known as the Methuselah are created as a result of nano-machine technology discovered on the planet Mars.
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The butterflies that migrate south from Central and Eastern Canada in the fall are the so-called Methuselah generation, long-lived insects that travel up to 2,500 kilometres to Mexico, where they winter in dense, tree-covering colonies first discovered by scientists in the 1970s.
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The butterflies that migrate south from Central and Eastern Canada in the fall are the so-called Methuselah generation, long-lived insects that travel up to 2,500 kilometres to Mexico, where they winter in dense, tree-covering colonies first discovered by scientists in the 1970s.
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The so-called Methuselah genes - named after the biblical patriarch who lived to 969 - protect people against the effects of smoking and bad diet and can also delay the onset of age-related illnesses such as cancer and heart disease by up to three decades.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Thus he said above: "My Spirit shall not strive with man," but he does not say this simply of the Holy Spirit as existing in his own nature, or of the divine majesty, but of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of Noah and Methuselah, that is, the Holy Spirit as officiating and administering the Word through the saints.
Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Martin Luther 1514
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