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Enoch in the Bible — the Hebrew name and what it means

חֲנוֹךְ

Chănôwk · pronounced khan-oke' · Strong's H2585, G1802

Seventh from Adam — he walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

Enoch
Enoch

Also called

Chanokh חֲנוֹךְ — “dedicated, initiated”

The moments that made Enoch

Gen 5:18Born to Jared, in the line of Seth

Gen 5:22He walked with God three hundred years

Gen 5:24“He was not; for God took him”

Heb 11:5By faith translated, that he should not see death

Jude 1:14“Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied”

How often the name appears

Enoch is named 15 times in the Hebrew Scriptures and 3 times in the New Testament.

Every mention — Hebrew Scriptures

Gen 4:17Gen 4:18Gen 5:18Gen 5:19Gen 5:21Gen 5:22Gen 5:23Gen 5:24Gen 25:4Gen 46:9Exod 6:14Num 26:51Chr 1:31Chr 1:331Chr 5:3

Every mention — New Testament

Luke 3:37Heb 11:5Jude 1:14

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