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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.no.xos/ → /ˈa.no.xos/
Proper noun
Ἄνωχος • (Ánōkhos) m (genitive Ἀνώχου); second declension
- Alternative form of Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh)
93 CE – 94 CE,
Josephus,
Antiquities of the Jews 1.79:
- Ἦν δ᾽ αὐτὸς μὲν ἀπὸ Ἀδάμου δέκατος: Λαμέχου γάρ ἐστιν υἱός, οὗ πατὴρ ἦν Μαθουσάλας, οὗτος δὲ ἦν τοῦ Ἀνώχου τοῦ Ἰαρέδου, Μαλαήλου δὲ Ἰάρεδος ἐγεγόνει, ὃς ἐκ Καϊνᾶ τεκνοῦται τοῦ Ἀνώσου σὺν ἀδελφαῖς πλείοσιν, Ἄνωσος δὲ Σήθου υἱὸς ἦν τοῦ Ἀδάμου.
- Ên d’ autòs mèn apò Adámou dékatos: Lamékhou gár estin huiós, hoû patḕr ên Mathousálas, hoûtos dè ên toû Anṓkhou toû Iarédou, Malaḗlou dè Iáredos egegónei, hòs ek Kaïnâ teknoûtai toû Anṓsou sùn adelphaîs pleíosin, Ánōsos dè Sḗthou huiòs ên toû Adámou.
- Translation by William Whiston
- Now he was the tenth from Adam, as being the son of Lamech, whose father was Mathusela; he was the son of Enoch, the son of Jared; and Jared was the son of Malaleel, who, with many of his sisters, were the children of Cainan, the son of Enos. Now Enos was the son of Seth, the son of Adam.
Inflection