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HebrewH0209Proper Noun (Masculine)

אוֹנָן

o.nan

6Occurrences
H0209Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Onan, a son of Judah

a variation of H207 (אוֹנוֹ); strong;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Judah (H3063) and Bath-shua (H1323I) ; brother of: Er (H6147) and Shelah (H7956); half-brother of: Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I) § Onan = "strong" second son of Judah, slain by God for not fulfilling the levitical requirement to beget a child with the wife of a dead, childless brother

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אוֹנָן appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
4
1 Chronicles
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:3BSB

The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

Genesis 38:4BSB

Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

Genesis 38:8BSB

Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”

Genesis 38:9BSB

But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

Genesis 46:12BSB

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

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