The united forces of Ammon, Moab, and the mountainous region of Seir came against Judah in the days of King Jehoshaphat by way of “Hazazon-tamar, that is to say, En-gedi.” (2Ch 20:2; see HAZAZON-TAMAR.) In Ezekiel’s vision of the “healed” seawater, fishers were prophesied to station themselves “from En-gedi even up to En-eglaim.”​—Eze 47:8-10.

The art of cutting designs or letters into materials such as wood (1Ki 6:29, 32), metal (Ex 39:30), or stone (Zec 3:9). The earliest allusion to engraving in Scripture may be the reference to Judah’s seal ring. (Ge 38:18) Engraving was commonly done with pointed tools of iron or even with diamond points. (Jer 17:1) But the Ten Commandments were engraved on stone by God’s “finger.”​—Ex 31:18; 32:16; 34:1; 2Co 3:7.

Each of the two onyx stones on the shoulder pieces of the high priest’s ephod was engraved with the names of six different tribes of Israel, and each of the 12 precious stones that adorned his breastpiece was engraved with the name of one of the tribes. The holy sign of dedication, the shining gold plate on the high priest’s turban, was engraved with the words: “Holiness belongs to Jehovah.” Filled with God’s spirit, Bezalel, along with Oholiab, was qualified to do this specialized engraving work as well as to train others.​—Ex 35:30-35; 28:9-12; 39:6-14, 30.

(En-hadʹdah) [Sharp (Fierce) Fountain (Spring)].

A city of Issachar, likely near En-gannim. (Jos 19:17, 21) It is generally identified with el-Hadetheh (Tel ʽEn Hadda), 9 km (5.5 mi) E of Mount Tabor.

(En-hak·korʹe) [Fountain (or, Spring) of the One Calling].

A spring at Lehi. (Jg 15:19) It received its name when Samson, who was thirsty after he had struck down a thousand men, “began to call on Jehovah” for water and the spring was miraculously provided.​—Jg 15:14-18.

(En-haʹzor) [Fountain (Spring) of Hazor].

A fortified city of the tribe of Naphtali. (Jos 19:32, 35, 37) Some identify it with Khirbet Hazireh, 16 km (10 mi) W of Kedesh.

(En-mishʹpat) [Fountain (or, Spring) of Judgment].

Another name for Kadesh.​—Ge 14:7; see KADESH, KADESH-BARNEA.

(Eʹnoch) [One Trained Up; Inaugurated [that is, dedicated, initiated]].

1. Son of Cain and father of Irad. Enoch was born in the land of Fugitiveness after Cain had killed his brother Abel.​—Ge 4:17, 18.

2. The son born to Jared at the age of 162; the seventh man in the genealogical line from Adam. In addition to Methuselah, who was born to him when he was 65 years old, Enoch had other sons and daughters. Enoch was one of the “so great a cloud of witnesses” who were outstanding examples of faith in ancient times. “Enoch kept walking with the true God.” (Ge 5:18, 21-24; Heb 11:5; 12:1) As a prophet of Jehovah, he foretold God’s coming with His holy myriads to execute judgment against the ungodly. (Jude 14, 15) Likely persecution was brought against him because of his prophesying. However, God did not permit the opposers to kill Enoch. Instead, Jehovah “took him,” that is, cut short his life at the age of 365, an age far below that of most of his contemporaries. Enoch was “transferred so as not to see death,” which may mean that God put him in a prophetic trance and then terminated Enoch’s life while he was in the trance so that he did not experience the pangs of death. (Ge 5:24; Heb 11:5, 13) However, he was not taken to heaven, in view of Jesus’ clear statement at John 3:13. It appears that, as in the case of Moses’ body, Jehovah disposed of Enoch’s body, for “he was nowhere to be found.”​—De 34:5, 6; Jude 9.

Enoch is not the writer of the “Book of Enoch.” This is an uninspired, apocryphal book written many centuries later, probably sometime during the second and first centuries B.C.E.

3. The first city mentioned in the Bible. Cain built this city in the land of Fugitiveness to the E of Eden, calling it by the name of his son Enoch.​—Ge 4:17.

(Eʹnosh), Enos (Eʹnos) [Mortal Man].

The son of Seth, born to him at the age of 105. Enosh was 90 years old when he became father to Kenan, and he lived a total of 905 years. (Ge 5:6-11) His name is also listed in the genealogies at 1 Chronicles 1:1 and Luke 3:38. In his day “a start was made of calling on the name of Jehovah.” (Ge 4:26) This was evidently not a calling on Jehovah in faith and pure worship as Abel had done more than 105 years before Enosh’s birth. Some Hebrew scholars contend that the text should read “began profanely,” or “then profanation began.” With reference to Enosh’s day the Jerusalem Targum says: “That was the generation in whose days they began to err, and to make themselves idols, and surnamed their idols