Person
Enos
Also called Enosh
Mentioned in 8 verses across 3 books, first in Genesis 4:26. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 6 verses in Genesis, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Genesis
- Genesis 4:26
And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 5:6
When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
- Genesis 5:7
And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:9
When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
- Genesis 5:10
And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:11
So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
Events
Events the dataset lists Enos as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 3769 BCBirth of Enos
- c. 3769 BCLifetime of Enos
- c. 3679 BCBirth of Cainan
- c. 2864 BCDeath of Enos
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Man the son of Seth, and grandson of Adam (Gen. 5:6-11; Luke 3:38). He 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.