Enos (biblical figure)
Enos or
Enosh (
אֱנוֹשׁ "mortal man"; "sick",
Standard Hebrew Enoš,
Tiberian Hebrew ʼ"nôš) is a biblical name in the genealogies of
Adam, and consequently referred to within the genealogies of
Chronicles, and of
Jesus in the
Gospel of Luke. He is the son of
Seth, father of
Kenan, and grandson of Adam (Gen. 5:6-11; Luke 3:38). He supposedly lived nine hundred and five years.
In his time "men began to call upon the name of the Lord" (Gen. 4:26), meaning either (1) then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord (marg.) i.e., to distinguish themselves thereby from idolaters; or (2) then men in some public and earnest way began to call upon the Lord, indicating a time of spiritual revival.
