Genesis 5:25
Strong's Lexicon
When Methuselah
מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח (mə·ṯū·še·laḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4968: Methuselah = 'man of the dart' 1) son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech

was
וַיְחִ֣י (way·ḥî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2421: 1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to live 1a1a) to have life 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a1d) to live (prosperously) 1a2) to revive, be quickened 1a2a) from sickness 1a2b) from discouragement 1a2c) from faintness 1a2d) from death 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to preserve alive, let live 1b2) to give life 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh 1b3a) to restore to life 1b3b) to cause to grow 1b3c) to restore 1b3d) to revive 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life

187
וּמְאַ֣ת (ū·mə·’aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3967: 1) hundred 1a) as simple number 1b) as part of larger number 1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100)

שָׁנָ֖ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים (ū·šə·mō·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8084: 1) eighty, fourscore 1a) eighty (as cardinal number) 1b) eightieth (as ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers

שֶׁ֧בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: 1) seven (cardinal number) 1a) as ordinal number 1b) in combination-17, 700 etc

years old,
שָׁנָ֑ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

he became the father of
וַיּ֖וֹלֶד (way·yō·w·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

Lamech.
לָֽמֶךְ׃ (lā·meḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3929: Lamech = 'powerful' 1) the 5th lineal descendant from Cain, husband of Adah and Zillah, father of sons, Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, and daughter, Naamah 2) father of Noah

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

Young's Literal Translation
And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Methuselah was 187 years old when he fathered Lamech.

New American Standard Bible
Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

King James Bible
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

New Living Translation
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

English Standard Version
When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

New American Standard Bible
Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

King James Bible
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Methuselah was 187 years old when he fathered Lamech.

International Standard Version
When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech.

NET Bible
When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

American Standard Version
And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

English Revised Version
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Young's Literal Translation
And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.
















Cross References
Genesis 5:24
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Genesis 5:26
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 5:23
And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

Genesis 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:27
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Genesis 5:28
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
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