HANOCH hā’ nŏk, HANOCHITES hā’ nŏk īts (חֲנֹ֔כְ). 1. A grandson of Abraham by Keturah, and an ancestral head of a Midianite clan (Gen 25:4; 1 Chron 1:33).

2. The eldest son of Reuben (Gen 46:9; Exod 6:14; 1 Chron 5:3). Hanoch’s descendants were known as “Hanochites” (Num 26:5).