Greek word · G1802

Ἐνώχ

enōch

Enoch

The personal name of the seventh from Adam in Seth's line (Genesis 5:18–24). Hebrew ḥānak is linked with "dedicate" or "train/initiate", but the name's origin is uncertain.

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

Ἐνώχ (Heb. חֲנוֹךְ), ὁ,

Enoch (Genesis 5:18): Luke 3:37, Hebrews 11:5, Jude 1:14.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Enoch 12:1

Range of meaning

The personal name of the seventh from Adam in Seth's line (Genesis 5:18–24). Hebrew ḥānak is linked with "dedicate" or "train/initiate", but the name's origin is uncertain. Genesis gives him a 365-year life (the number of days in a solar year), says he "walked with ha-Elohim", and says "he was not, for God took him".

Against the English

No translation issue. What matters is how much Genesis leaves unsaid, and how much the Enoch tradition fills in.

Used elsewhere in the period

Jubilees 4:17–25; Sirach 44:16; the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen 2:19–26), where Methuselah goes to the far-off land of Parvaim to find Enoch "for with the holy ones is his lot"; 1 Enoch 106:7–8; Jude 14 ("the seventh from Adam"); Hebrews 11:5. Mesopotamian lists likewise make the seventh king before the flood (Enmeduranki) the one who received heavenly secrets, and tell of a seventh sage (Utuabzu) who ascended to heaven.

Where it appears

Luke · 1

  1. Luke 3:37 Ἑνὼχ of Enoch

    the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

Hebrews · 1

  1. Hebrews 11:5 Ἑνὼχ Enoch

    By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

    Here: The Greek form of Hebrew Ḥănôk. He is the seventh name in Adam's line through Seth (Genesis 5:18–24; Jude 14), and by the first century he was a famous figure in Jewish tradition.

Jude · 1

  1. Jude 1:14 Ἑνὼχ Enoch

    Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

    Here: The man who 'walked with God, and he was not, for God took him' (Gen 5:24). In Jewish writings of Jude's time he was famous as a heavenly scribe and seer. The book of 1 Enoch circulated under his name.

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