Enoch

From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːnək/, /ˈiːnɒk/

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Enoch

1. In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.

   Enoch was the son of Jared, and was Noah’s great grandfather.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:24:

     And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

2. The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
3. First son of Cain.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:17:

     And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

4. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 36–37:

     There Enoch spoke no word to any one,
     But homeward—home—what home? had he a home?
     His home, he walk'd.

5. A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.

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From Biblical Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).

Enoch m

1. (biblical) Enoch
2. a male given name