Enoch

See also: enoch

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːnək/, /ˈiːnɒk/

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Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Enoch Arden
• St Enoch

 

Translations

biblical character

• Arabic: إِدْرِيس m (ʔidrīs) (used by Muslims), أَخْنُوخ m (ʔaḵnūḵ) (used by Christians)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܚܢܘܟ

• Armenian: Ենոք (Enokʻ)
• Bengali: ইদ্রীস (idriś)
• Danish: Enok
• Dutch: Henoch m
• Esperanto: Ĥanoĥo
• Faroese: Enokur m
• French: Hénoch (fr)
• Greek: Ενώχ (el) m (Enóch)

  Ancient Greek: Ἄνωχος (Ánōkhos)

• Hawaiian: ʻEnoka
• Hebrew: חֲנוֹךְ (he) (ḥanóch)
• Italian: Enoch m
• Kazakh: Енох (Enox)
• Korean: 에녹 (enok)
• Russian: Ено́х (ru) m (Jenóx)
• Spanish: Henoch (es), Enoc (es)
• Tibetan: ཧེ་ནོག (he nog)
• Vietnamese: Hê-nốc, Ế-nóc

Further reading

• Enoch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Enoch, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cheon, Cohen, chone, cohen

Italian

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).

Proper noun

Enoch m

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