Enoch
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) the father of Methuselah.
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(in the Bible) a son of Cain.
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a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “teacher.”
noun
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the eldest son of Cain after whom the first city was named (Genesis 4:17)
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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)
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It invited comparisons with Enoch Powell’s infamous “rivers of blood” speech, and went down so badly that he had to publicly denounce his own words some time later.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
For Congolese former deputy Enoch Ruberangabo, who comes from an ethnic Tutsi community in the restive east, Mobutu was a leader who "allowed community tensions to fester".
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
After the attack, the coyote trotted away, and Enoch was quite shaken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Some MPs compared Sir Keir's remarks to those made by former MP Enoch Powell in a well-known speech about immigration in 1968.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
She had never heard of Enoch or Leanne Washington.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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