Enosh

Gender Masculine

Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]

Scripts אֱנוֹשׁ(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈi.nɑʃ/(American English) /ˈiː.nɒʃ/(British English) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "man, person, mortal" in Hebrew. He was a son of Seth and a grandson of Adam according to the genealogies in Genesis in the Old Testament.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesEnos(Biblical Greek) Enos(Biblical Latin)

People think this name is

classic mature formal natural wholesome strong strange serious

Categories

biblical patriarchs

Sources & References

Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h583, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h583.

Entry updated December 1, 2024