"Enoch" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈiːnək/, /ˈiːnɒk/ Audio: en-ca-Enoch.ogg [Canada]
Etymology: From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|Enoch}} Late Latin Enoch, {{der|en|grc|Ἑνώχ}} Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), {{der|en|he|חֲנוֹךְ|tr=Ḥănôḵ}} Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Enoch
  1. In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death. Categories (topical): Biblical characters
    Sense id: en-Enoch-en-name-DJt6WnDL Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 42 31 4 13 10
  2. The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
    Sense id: en-Enoch-en-name-GizcEZmY
  3. First son of Cain.
    Sense id: en-Enoch-en-name-ZYERUO2r
  4. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Enoch-en-name-WxDpcTb1
  5. A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135. Categories (topical): Individuals Categories (place): Places in Alberta, Places in Canada Derived forms: Enoch Arden, St Enoch
    Sense id: en-Enoch-en-name-UTQ97Y4f Disambiguation of Individuals: 23 12 16 18 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 5 29 18 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 4 22 12 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (biblical character): Ἄνωχος (Ánōkhos) (Ancient Greek), إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs) (note: used by Muslims) [masculine] (Arabic), أَخْنُوخ (ʔaḵnūḵ) (note: used by Christians) [masculine] (Arabic), ܚܢܘܟ [Syriac] (Aramaic), Ենոք (Enokʿ) (Armenian), ইদ্রীস (idriś) (Bengali), Enok (Danish), Henoch [masculine] (Dutch), Ĥanoĥo (Esperanto), Enokur [masculine] (Faroese), Hénoch (French), Ενώχ (Enóch) [masculine] (Greek), ʻEnoka (Hawaiian), חֲנוֹךְ (ḥanóch) (Hebrew), Enoch [masculine] (Italian), Енох (Enox) (Kazakh), 에녹 (enok) (Korean), Ено́х (Jenóx) [masculine] (Russian), Henoch (Spanish), Enoc (Spanish), ཧེ་ནོག (he nog) (Tibetan), Hê-nốc (Vietnamese), Ế-nóc (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'biblical character': 36 19 8 31 5

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    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "word": "Ế-nóc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Enoch"
}

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