How many times is Methuselah mentioned in the Bible?
The word Methuselah appears 6 times in the King James Version, in 6 verses. It is found in 2 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Methuselah 6 times.
Methuselah in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Methuselah counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Methuselah | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 6 | 6 |
Which books mention Methuselah most
Methuselah appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (5), then 1 Chronicles (1).
First and last mention of Methuselah
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 1 verse matches only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Genesis 5:22: counted in the KJV only
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Luke 3:37: counted in the World English Bible only
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
Common questions
How many times is Methuselah in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 6 of the 6 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Methuselah appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (5), then 1 Chronicles (1).
Where is Methuselah first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 5:21: "And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:" The last is 1 Chronicles 1:3.
More word counts: Terah, Dinah, Nimrod, Melchizedek, Andrew, Festus, Titus, Cornelius, or all 484 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.