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enoch
/ˈinək/
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What does enoch mean?
noun
- an iron sledgehammer
proper noun
- In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.
- The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- First son of Cain.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈinək/
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If ever human features bespoke vice of the most malignant type, they were certainly those of Enoch J. Drebber, of Cleveland.
It appeared to Enoch that he was wafted into heaven upon clouds, and was set down before the throne of God.
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"Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him;" which is expounded Heb.
The Ethiopian copy of the apocryphal book of Enoch contains a poem, which is prefixed to the body of that work, and which the learned author of "Nimrod" supposes to be authentic.
By this he meant that, had it not been for the original transgression, all men escaping death would either have remained upon earth or have been conveyed to heaven, like Enoch and Elijah, in incorruptible bodies.