enoch

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/ˈiːnək//ˈiːnɒk/

noun

an iron sledgehammer

“Enoch was the son of Jared, and was Noah’s great grandfather.”

OriginLate Latin Enoch ← Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ ← Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ →
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Meanings

enoch1

nounenoch (plural enochs)

plural enochs

  1. Yorkshiredialectalan iron sledgehammer

    Each swung cast-iron Enoch of Leeds stress clangs a forged music on the frames of Art, the looms of owned language smashed apart!

    1987 [1981], Tony Harrison, “On Not Being Milton”, in Continuous: 50 sonnets from 'The School of Eloquence' (Poetry), London: Rex Collins, →ISBN

Enoch2

proper nounEnoch (plural Enochs)

plural Enochs

  1. biblicalIn the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.

    Enoch was the son of Jared, and was Noah’s great grandfather.

    1 more example

    And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:24
  2. The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
  3. biblicalFirst son of Cain.

    And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:17
  4. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

    There Enoch spoke no word to any one, But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? His home, he walk'd.

    1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 36–37
  5. A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.

Origin

enoch · noun

Named after a blacksmith Enoch Taylor of Marsden, Yorkshire. Used by Luddites to smash cropping machines, Taylor made sledgehammers and also the machine frames which sparked riots: "Enoch made them. Enoch shall break them".

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Enoch · proper noun

  1. Hebrewחֲנוֹךְ
  2. Ancient GreekἙνώχ
  3. Late LatinEnoch
  4. EnglishEnoch

From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).

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Translations

Ancient Greek Ἄνωχος
  • Ἄνωχος (Ánōkhos)biblical character
Arabic إِدْرِيس, أَخْنُوخ
  • إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs)biblical character
  • أَخْنُوخ (ʔaḵnūḵ)biblical character
Bengali ইদ্রীস
  • ইদ্রীস (idriś)biblical character
Chinese 以諾 /以诺
  • 以諾 /以诺 (Yǐnuò)biblical character
Danish Enok
  • Enokbiblical character
Dutch Henoch
  • Henochbiblical character
Esperanto Ĥanoĥo
  • Ĥanoĥobiblical character
French Hénoch
  • Hénochbiblical character
Greek Ενώχ
  • Ενώχ (Enóch)biblical character
Hawaiian ʻEnoka
  • ʻEnokabiblical character
Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ
  • חֲנוֹךְ (ḥanóch)biblical character
Hindi हनोक
  • हनोक (hanok)biblical character
Italian Enoch
  • Enochbiblical character
Korean 에녹
  • 에녹 (enok)biblical character
Malay Idris, Henokh
  • Idrisbiblical character
  • Henokhbiblical character
Russian Ено́х
  • Ено́х (Jenóx)biblical character
Spanish Henoch, Enoc
  • Henochbiblical character
  • Enocbiblical character
Vietnamese Hê-nốc, Ế-nóc
  • Hê-nốcbiblical character
  • Ế-nócbiblical character

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with enoch

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

enoch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enoch

MLA

“enoch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enoch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enoch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enoch.

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