Enoch

For the person in Genesis 4, see Enoch (son of Cain). For other uses, see Enoch (disambiguation).
Enoch the Patriarch
Detail from a 17th century Polish icon.
Antediluvian Patriarch
Venerated inChristianity[i]
Islam
Judaism[ii]
New religious movements[iii]
FeastSunday[iv] before the Nativity of Christ in the Eastern Orthodox Church
22 January in the Coptic Church
19 July (his assumption in the Coptic Church)[1]

Enoch (/ˈiːnək/ ⓘ)[note 1] is a biblical figure and patriarch prior to Noah's flood, and the son of Jared and father of Methuselah. He was of the Antediluvian period in the Hebrew Bible.

The text of the Book of Genesis says Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God. The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him" (Gen 5:21–24), which is interpreted as Enoch entering heaven alive in some Jewish and Christian traditions, and interpreted differently in others.

Enoch is the subject of many Jewish and Christian traditions. He was considered the author of the Book of Enoch[2] and also called the scribe of judgment.[3] In the New Testament, Enoch is referenced in the Gospel of Luke, the Epistle to the Hebrews, and in the Epistle of Jude, the last of which also quotes from it.[4] In the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Oriental Orthodoxy, he is venerated as a Saint.

The name of Enoch (Hebrew: חֲנוֹךְ Ḥănōḵ) derives from the Hebrew root חנך (ḥ-n-ḵ), meaning to train, initiate, dedicate, inaugurate,[5] with חֲנוֹךְ/חֲנֹךְ (Ḥănōḵ) being the imperative form of the verb.[6][7]


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  1. ^ "Enoch the Patriarch". 27 November 2018.
  2. ^ August Dillmann and R. Charles (1893). The Book of Enoch, translation from Geez.
  3. ^ 1Enoch, chap. 12
  4. ^ Luke 3:37, Hebrews 11:5, Jude 1:14–15
  5. ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 2596. chanak". Bible Hub.
  6. ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 2596. ḥănōḵ". Bible Hub.
  7. ^ "Conjugation of לַחֲנוֹךְ". Pealim.


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