Dictionary entry

Chanoch; Hanochites

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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

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

(2) The eldest son of Reuben (Ge 46:9;Ex 6:14;1Ch 5:3).

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