Hanoch, ha'-noch (Heb.)–founded; centralized; arrested; straitened; agony of the soul; instructed; initiated; dedicated.

a Son of Midian, who was one of Abraham's six sons by his second wife Keturah (Gen. 25:4). b A son of Reuben and grandson of Jacob (Gen. 46:9). In Hebrew it is the same as Enoch.

Meta. Entrance into a higher consciousness than has been known and experienced before. (See ENOCH.)