English
Enoch
Enoch comes from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἙνώχHenṓkh
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEEnoch
- Englishearliest quotation 1611same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἙνώχHenṓkh
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEEnoch
- Englishearliest quotation 1611same form
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not;…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ
Today it means
name In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ / Enoch