Enoch

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Enoch is a biblical and Qur’anic prophet revered for his exceptional piety and, in many traditions, for being taken up by God without experiencing death.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
biblical prophet Enoch 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Qur’anic prophet
biblical figure
patriarch
person in the Book of Genesis
prophet
ancestorOf Noah
associatedWith angelic knowledge
apocalyptic visions
assumption into heaven
calendar and timekeeping
cosmological secrets
heavenly ascent
mystical wisdom
attributedText 1 Enoch
2 Enoch
3 Enoch
1 Enoch
surface form: Book of Enoch
commemoratedFor faith
intimate relationship with God
obedience to God
describedAs exceptionally pious
one who walked with God
righteous
didNotExperience death in many traditions
father Methuselah
generationFromAdam seventh
grandfather Lamech
identifiedWith Idris
identifiedWithInIslamicTradition Idris
memberOf genealogy from Adam to Noah
mentionedIn Book of Genesis
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Epistle of Jude
surface form: New Testament Epistle of Jude

Letter to the Hebrews
surface form: New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews

Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Quran
surface form: Qur’an
nameInHebrew Hanoch
surface form: חֲנוֹךְ
nameMeaning dedicated
reveredIn Christianity
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity

Islam
Judaism
roleInTradition intermediary between God and angels
receiver of divine revelations
scribe of righteousness
takenBy God
transformedIntoInSomeTraditions Metatron
surface form: angel Metatron
veneratedAs saint in some Christian traditions

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1 Enoch attributedTo Enoch
this entity surface form: biblical prophet Enoch
Tavares Strachan hasWork Enoch
Idris identifiedWith Enoch