חֲנוֹךְChănôwk
Chanok, an antediluvian patriach
Pronunciation: khan-oke' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2585
Meanings
1. son of Cain (Genesis 4:17; Genesis 4:18)
2. son of Jered (line of Seth), the pious Enoch, who walked with God and was taken by him (Genesis 5:18; Genesis 5:19; Genesis 5:21)
3. a son of Midian (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33)
4. a son of Reuben (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:17 Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.
- Genesis 4:18 Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 5:18 When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
- Genesis 5:19 After the birth of Enoch, Jared lived another 800 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
- Genesis 5:22 After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).