Enoch
Enoch (from Hebrew: חֲנוֹךְ, Modern H̱anokh Tiberian Ḥănôḵ; Greek: Ενώχ, Enōkh; Arabic Name: إينوخ Muslim usage; أخنوخ in Arab Christian usage) "initiated, dedicated, disciplined") is a Hebrew name. It may refer to:
Biblical occurrences
- Enoch (ancestor of Noah), the son of Jared, a great-grandfather of Noah, and father of Methuselah
- Enoch (son of Cain), son of Cain, after whom Cain named the first city he founded.
- Hanoch (Enoch), son of Reuben
- Hanoch (Enoch), one of the five sons of Midian
- Enos (Bible) (or Enosh), a grandson of Adam (Genesis 5:5-6), and great grandfather of Enoch (Genesis 5:18).
People
- Enoch Crosby (1750–1835), American soldier and spy during the Revolutionary War
- Enoch Hood (1861–1940), English footballer
- Enoch Light (1905–1978), American musician and producer
- Enoch Olinga (1926–1979), Ugandan missionary
- Enoch Powell (1912–1998), British politician
- Enoch Pratt (1808–1896), American businessman and philanthropist
- Enoch Showunmi (born 1982), British football player
- Enoch Sontonga (1873–1905), South African composer
- Enoch L. Johnson (1883–1968), Atlantic City, New Jersey political boss and racketeer
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