Bible Person

Enoch

Meaning: dedicated; disciplined · Male · 2 cross references

This Enoch entry refers to the son of Cain for whom a city is named, not to the later Enoch who walked with God. He belongs to the early Cainite world where family growth, urban settlement, and estrangement from Eden develop together. First appears in Gen 4:17.1

AI summary: This Enoch matters because the cross references place him at the beginning of the first city-building tradition in Scripture. His name marks a stage in human cultural development east of Eden, where society grows even while sin and alienation deepen. Taken together, the material presents this Enoch as a Cainite descendant whose remembered name is tied to the first urbanizing movement in the biblical story.1

Central Figure

Enoch

Meaning: dedicated; disciplined

The eldest son of Cain (Gen.