ENOSH (Gen_4:26 J [Note: Jahwist.] , Gen_5:6-11), ENOS (Luk_3:38).The name is poetical, denoting man; the son of Seth, and grandson of Adam. As the time of Cain was marked by sin and violence, so that of Seth was marked by piety. In the days of Enosh men began to call with the name of J″ [Note: Jahweh.] , i.e. to use His name in invocations. The name J″ [Note: Jahweh.] having been known practically from the beginning of human life, the writer (J [Note: Jahwist.] ) always employs it in preference to the title Elohim. In E [Note: Elohist.] (Exo_3:14) and P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] (Exo_6:2 f.) it was not revealed till long afterwards.
A. H. MNeile.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
E'nosh. Same as Enos. 1Ch_1:1.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Enosh
a more correct mode of Anglicizing (1Ch_1:1) the name ENOS SEE ENOS (q.v.).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.