HANOCH; HANOCHITES

ha'-nok, ha'-nok-its (chanokh, "initiation," "dedication"):

(1) A grandson of Abraham by Keturah, and an ancestral head of a clan of Midian (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33, the King James Version "Henoch").

(2) The eldest son of Reuben (Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; 1 Chronicles 5:3).

The descendants of Hanoch were known as Hanochites (Numbers 26:5).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.