Enoch
See also: enoch
English
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).
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editProper noun
editEnoch
- (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.
- The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
- (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.
- 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.
- A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.
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Further reading
edit- Enoch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Enoch, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editCzech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editEnoch m anim (female equivalent Enochová)
- a male surname
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “Enoch”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Biblical Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).
Proper noun
editEnoch m
- (biblical) Enoch
- a male given name
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