Strong’s H2585 · Hebrew

חֲנוֹךְ
Chănôwk
khan-oke'

Definition

Chanok, an antediluvian patriach

Etymology

from H2596 (חָנַךְ); initiated;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Enoch

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