Enos (biblical figure)

Enosh
Detail from icon of Enos, by Ždan Dementʹev (1630)
Venerated inChristianity
Islam
Mandaeism
FeastSunday of the Holy Forefathers (Eastern Orthodox Church)
ChildrenKenan
more sons and daughters
FatherSeth
RelativesAdam and Eve (grandparents)
Cain (uncle)
Abel (uncle)
Enoch (cousin)
Mahalalel (grandson)
Jared (great-grandson)
Enoch (great-great-grandson)
Methuselah (great-great-great-grandson)
Lamech (great-great-great-great-grandson)
Noah (great-great-great-great-great-grandson)

Enos or Enosh (Hebrew: אֱנוֹשׁ ʾĔnōš; "mortal man"; Arabic: أَنُوش/يَانِش, romanizedYāniš/’Anūš; Greek: Ἐνώς Enṓs; Ge'ez: ሄኖስ Henos) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as the first son of Seth who figures in the Generations of Adam, and is also referred to within the genealogies of 1 Chronicles.[1]

According to Christianity, he is part of the genealogy of Jesus as mentioned in Luke 3:38. Enos is also mentioned in Islam in the various collections of tales of the pre-Islamic prophets, which honor him in an identical manner. Furthermore, early Islamic historians like Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Hisham always included his name in the genealogy of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, (Arabic: ’Anūsh أَنُوش or: Yānish يَانِش).[2]

  1. ^ 1 Chronicles 1:1
  2. ^ Ibn Ishāq, Sīrat Rasūl Allāh, tr. A. Guillaume (Oxford: Oxford University ress, 2004), p. 3