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In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.
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Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
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First son of Cain.
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A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.
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noun
an iron sledgehammer
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Usage: Yorkshire, dialectal
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History
From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).
Named after a blacksmith Enoch Taylor of Marsden, Yorkshire. Used by Luddites to smash cropping machines, Taylor made sledgehammers and also the machine frames which sparked riots: "Enoch made them. Enoch shall break them".
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