Enoch

"Initiated." The eldest son of Cain,1 who built a city east of Eden in the land of Nod, and called it "after the name of his son—Enoch." This is the first "city" mentioned in Scripture.

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References

Notes

  1. Gen. 4:17.

Source

  • Easton, M.G. (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers.

This article incorporates text from Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) by M.G. Easton, which is in the public domain.