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Ἐνώχ
Enōch
G1802
N:N-M-P Greek

Enoch

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Enoch is the personal name used for the ancestor named in a genealogy and in accounts of removal and prophecy.

The attested use is a personal name: it identifies the same named figure in a genealogical relationship, in an account of being transported so as not to see death, and as the speaker of a prophecy.

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  1. Personal name for a named ancestor and speaker · dominant

    The nominative form identifies the person in Hebrews 11:5, where the APB renders that he was “transported so that he would not see death,” and in Jude 1:14, where it introduces the figure who “prophesied.” The genitive form in Luke 3:37 marks him within the sequence “the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Enoch” in all three verses: as the person transported in Hebrews 11:5, the one who prophesied in Jude 1:14, and Methuselah's ancestor in Luke 3:37. These renderings are read alongside the supplied forms and morphology.

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