- Ἑνώχ
- Ἑνώχ, ὁ some edd. Ἐνώχ; indecl. (חֲנוֹךְ) (LXX; En; ApcEl [PSI I, 7 verso, 4 restored]; TestAbr B; ApcEsdr 5:2 p. 30, 23 Tdf.; Philo; Test12Patr; Just., D. 23, 1 al.—In Jos., Ant. 1, 79; 85; 9, 28, Ἄνωχος [v.l. Ἔνωχος], ου) Enoch, son of Jared, father of Methuselah (Gen 5:18ff). In the genealogy of Jesus Lk 3:37. As an example of faith and obedience toward God, and therefore translated to heaven (Gen 5:22, 24; Sir 44:16; Jos., Ant. 1, 85) Hb 11:5; 1 Cl 9:3. Prophetic word fr. Enoch Jd 14f (=En 1:9). Here he is called ἕβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ (cp. Diog. L. 3, 1 Plato is ἕκτος ἀπὸ Σόλωνος in the line of Solon’s descendants; Athen. 13, 555d says of Socrates’ father-in-law Aristides: οὐ τοῦ δικαίου καλουμένου … ἀλλὰ τοῦ τρίτου ἀπʼ ἐκείνου).—The quot. fr. Enoch in B 4:3 cannot be identified w. certainty. Enoch is introduced by conjecture 1 Pt 3:19 (ἐν ᾧ καί; following others by FSpitta 1890 and JHarris, Exp. 6th ser., 4, 1901, 346–49; 5, 1902, 317–20; Moffatt; so Goodsp., Probs. 195–98, JBL 73, ’54, 91f, but against it ESelwyn, 1 Pt, ’46, 197f).—PKatz, Gnomon 26, ’54, 226; HJansen, D. Hen. gestalt. E. vergleich. rel. gesch. Untersuchung ’39; RAC V 461–76; BHHW II, 692.—TW.
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