חֲנוֹךְ

Strong’s Definition

Chanok, an antediluvian patriach

Etymology & Derivation

from H2596 (חָנַךְ); initiated;

KJV Usage

Enoch.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr m) eldest son of cain
• 2.son of jared and father of methuselah whom god took home to heaven without dying
• 3.(n pr loc) the city which cain built and named after himself
• 4.(n pr m) a son of midian, the third child
• 5.the eldest son of reuben

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Chănôwk; Pronunciation: khan-oke'