Enoch
pronunciation
How to pronounce Enoch in British English:
UK ['i:nɔk]
How to pronounce Enoch in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Enoch
- masc. proper name, in Old Testament eldest son of Cain, father of Methuselah, from Latin Enoch, from Greek Enokh, from Hebrew Hanokh, literally "dedicated, consecrated," from hanakh "he dedicated," whence also Hanukkah. Related: Enochian.
Example
- 1. Supermarkets , as we saw in Wise Blood , are already something one can be fond of , as Enoch was .
- 2. The son of Enoch , he is mentioned in Genesis as a descendant of Seth , the son of AdamEve begotten after Cain .
- 3. In the rural farming community of Enoch , Utah , the animal shelter \'s brick gas chamber uses carbon monoxide exhaust from an old pickup truck .
- 4. The theme of such spiritual redemption of the It-world is further reinforced in chapter Three where analyses are made about Enoch Emery \'s absurd and failed quest of something he is desirous of .
- 5. So we have different documents called the Apocalypse of Enoch or the Revelations of Enoch , or Enoch itself .