Bible Dictionary

Methusael

Champion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain (Gen. 4:18), so called, perhaps, to denote that even among the descendants of Cain God had not left himself without a witness.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Champion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain (Gen. 4:18), so called, perhaps, to denote that even among the descendants of Cain God had not left himself without a witness.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(man of God), the son of Mehujael, fourth in descent from Cain, and father of Lamech. (Genesis 4:18)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

METHU'SAEL (man of God),father of Lamech, and the fourth in descent from Cain, Gen 4:18.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

who demands his death