Enoch

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːnək/, /ˈiːnɒk/

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Enoch

2. (biblical) 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.

3. The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
5. (biblical) 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.

6. 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.

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

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Enoch m anim (female equivalent Enochová)

1. a male surname

• “Enoch”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

From Biblical Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).

Enoch m

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