enoch
/ˈiːnək/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.09 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
name
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
name
A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.
noun
an iron sledgehammer
Example Sentences
- "Enoch was the son of Jared, and was Noah’s great grandfather."
- "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him."
- "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."
- "There Enoch spoke no word to any one, But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? His home, he walk'd."
- "Each swung cast-iron Enoch of Leeds stress clangs a forged music on the frames of Art, the looms of owned language smashed apart!"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Enoch, Ἑνώχ, חֲנוֹךְ
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.