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The origin of the name Enoch is Hebrew

 

THIS IS HOW Enoch IS WRITTEN IN Hebrew:

 

The biblical meaning of the name Enoch is:

“dedicated; disciplined”

 

In The Bible:

Enoch was:

1. The eldest son of Cain who called after his name the city which he built. (B.C. 3870)
2. The son of Jared and father of Methuselah*

 

*Smith’s Bible Dictionary

THE NAME Enoch APPEARS IN THE BIBLE IN THE FOLLOWING VERSE:

Genesis 4:17 KJV
“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.”

Genesis 4:18 KJV
“And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.”

Genesis 5:18 KJV
“And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:”

Genesis 5:19 KJV
“And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:”

Genesis 5:21 KJV
“And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:”

Genesis 5:22 KJV
“And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:”

Genesis 5:23 KJV
“And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:”

Genesis 5:24 KJV
“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”