Bible Names

Enoch: meaning of the name

Enoch means “dedicated; disciplined.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Enoch in Hebrew and Greek

חֲנוֹךְ H2585

Chănôwk (khan-oke') — Chanok, an antediluvian patriach

from H2596 (חָנַךְ); initiated;

Ἐνώχ G1802

Enṓch — Enoch (i.e. Chanok), an antediluvian

of Hebrew origin (H02585);

People named Enoch in the Bible

Enoch in Scripture

“Enoch” appears in 11 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 4:17

    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

    And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

  • Genesis 5:18

    And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

  • Genesis 5:19

    And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:21

    And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

  • Genesis 5:22

    And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Genesis 5:23

    And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

  • Genesis 5:24

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