Enoch

[ ee-nuhk ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) the father of Methuselah.
2. (in the Bible) a son of Cain.
3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “teacher.”

Enoch

/ ˈiːnɒk /

noun

1. the eldest son of Cain after whom the first city was named (Genesis 4:17)
2. the father of Methuselah: said to have walked with God and to have been taken by God at the end of his earthly life (Genesis 5:24)

Example Sentences

“We were still living with the memory of Enoch Powell and the things that he had said,” he explained.

From BBC

He first entered politics when he worked for MP Enoch Powell between 1982 and 1984 after joining the UUP.

From BBC

In 1968, Conservative MP Enoch Powell had given his explosive “rivers of blood” speech, in which he said that by permitting mass immigration, the country was “heaping up its own funeral pyre”.

From BBC

Russell, who was born in Sunderland in 1924, had four children including Alfred Enoch who is best known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter series and Wes Gibbins in legal thriller, How to Get Away with Murder.

From BBC

Jake Lavin hit a three-run home run, Logan de Groot had two hits and two RBIs, and Carter Enoch had three hits.

From Los Angeles Times