חֲנוֹךְ

cha.nokhProper Noun (Masculine)H2585

Enoch

From: from H2596 (חָנַךְ); initiated;

Short Definition

Chanok, an antediluvian patriach

Full Lexicon Entry

A man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at ; son of: Cain (H7014B); father of: Irad (H5897) § Enoch = "dedicated" 1) eldest son of ) son of Jared and father of Methuselah whom God took home to heaven without dying 3) the city which Cain built and named after his son Enoch (after himself) Hanoch = "dedicated" 4) a son of Midian, the third child 5) the eldest son of Reuben

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

15 times

Appears 15 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Genesis
10
1 Chronicles
3
Exodus
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 1:3
  • Exodus 6:14
  • Genesis 4:18
  • Genesis 5:19
  • Genesis 5:23

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.