KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 5:24 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Enoch” | חֲנ֖וֹךְ | Chanok, an antediluvian patriach | Enoch |
| “walked” | וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | walked |
| “with” | אֶת | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | with |
| “God:” | הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “and he not;” | וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּ | A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | not |
| “was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “for” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “God” | אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “took” | לָקַ֥ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
| “him.” | לָקַ֥ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | him |
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22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
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