enoch
/ˈiːnək/
enoch noun: an iron sledgehammer.
Noun
enoch (plural enochs)
- an iron sledgehammer
- Each swung cast-iron Enoch of Leeds stress
clangs a forged music on the frames of Art,
the looms of owned language smashed apart!1987 [1981], Tony Harrison, “On Not Being Milton”, in Continuous: 50 sonnets from 'The School of Eloquence' (Poetry), London: Rex Collins, →ISBN
- Each swung cast-iron Enoch of Leeds stress
Proper noun capitalized: Enoch
Enoch (plural Enochs)
- In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:24
- The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
- First son of Cain.
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:17
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- There Enoch spoke no word to any one,
But homeward—home—what home? had he a home?
His home, he walk'd.1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 36–37
- There Enoch spoke no word to any one,
- A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.
enoch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
enoch in Hindi
- एनोच, एनोक, एनोख
enoch in Tamil
- ஏனோச், ஏனோக்
enoch in Telugu
- ఎనోచ్, ఎనోక్
enoch in Malayalam
- എനോക്ക്, എനോക്
More languagesFewer languages
- enoch in Kannada
- ಎನೋಚ್, ಎನೋಕ್
- enoch in Punjabi
- ਐਨੋਚ, ਐਨੋਕ, ਐਨੋਖ
- enoch in Gujarati
- એનોચ
- enoch in Odia
- ଏନୋକ୍
- enoch in Nepali
- एनोच, एनोख, एनोक
Forms of enoch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | enochs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Enochs |
Origin of enoch
Named after a blacksmith Enoch Taylor of Marsden, Yorkshire. Used by Luddites to smash cropping machines, Taylor made sledgehammers and also the machine frames which sparked riots: "Enoch made them. Enoch shall break them".
From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).
Words formed from enoch
Phrases with enoch
Questions about enoch
- What does enoch mean?
- Enoch means an iron sledgehammer.
- What is enoch in Hindi?
- Enoch in Hindi is एनोच, एनोक, एनोख. See Enoch meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is enoch?
- Enoch can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce enoch?
- Enoch is pronounced /ˈiːnək/.
- What is the plural of enoch?
- The plural of enoch is enochs.
Words near enoch in the dictionary
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