The biblical term refers to a patriarch and figure in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, called Methuselah who was said to have lived to 969.
He is believed to have lived the longest of all the figures mentioned in the holy book and is the grandfather of Noah.
In the series, one of the first Meths, Bancroft, is a powerful political figure who was supposedly murdered in the year 2384.
But his consciousness was sent back into a new body and he is now the CEO of Bancroft Industries.
source: express.co.uk