Enos

Adam's third generation

Enos is a biblical name, the grandson of Adam in the Book of Genesis.

It appears occasionally as a given name in English, particularly in communities with strong biblical naming traditions.

The name derives from a Hebrew word meaning "man" or "mortal."

biblical

Seth

Hebrew name, "appointed"

  • AdamFirst created man
  • JaredHebrew masculine name
  • EnochBiblical figure, ascended alive

Methuselah · Noah · Genesis · patriarch · antediluvian · longevity · firstborn · Old Testament · Torah · progenitor

genealogy

ancestry

Family line of descent

bloodline · forebears · family tree · kinship · descendants · progeny · succession · clan · tribe · offspring

Hebrew

Semitic

Of Hebrew or Arabic peoples

meaning · mortal · mankind · humanity · name origin · human frailty · mortality · linguistic roots

Opposites
biblical lineage

EnosCain

Biblical first killer

Abel · firstborn · Esau · Ishmael

space program primates vs humans

EnosJohn Glenn

First American orbiter

Alan Shepard · Yuri Gagarin

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