Enoch

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin Enoch < Ancient Greek Ενωχ (Enōch) < Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).

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Singular Enoch

Plural -

Enoch

1. (Biblical) In the Bible,one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.
2. The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
3. (rare) A male given name of biblical origin.

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• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 5:24:

  And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

• 1864 Alfred Tennyson: Enoch Arden:

  There Enoch spoke no word to any one,

  But homeward - home - what home? had he a home? -

  He walked.

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