Introduction
Enosh is a son of Seth, one link in the Genesis genealogy from Adam to Noah. His name, meaning "man" or "mortal" in Hebrew, is associated with a notable statement in the text about the beginning of formal worship.
Family
A note on early worship
Genesis 4:26 states that it was in Enosh's time that "people began to invoke the name of the Lord", a brief but often-discussed verse that later Jewish and Christian commentators have read in various ways, from marking the start of formal prayer to, in some rabbinic traditions, the beginning of idolatry.
In the genealogy
Beyond this note, Enosh appears in the formal genealogical list of Genesis 5, which records his age at the birth of his son Kenan and his total lifespan of 905 years.