Enos

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Enos
     man the son of Seth, and grandson of Adam (Gen. 5:6-11; Luke
     3:38). He lived nine hundred and five years. In his time "men
     began to call upon the name of the Lord" (Gen. 4:26), meaning
     either (1) then began men to call themselves by the name of the
     Lord (marg.) i.e., to distinguish themselves thereby from


     idolaters; or (2) then men in some public and earnest way began
     to call upon the Lord, indicating a time of spiritual revival.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Enos, mortal man; sick; despaired of; forgetful