Onan אוֹנָן
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| אוֹנָן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | onan |
| Strong's number | H209 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Onan |
| Occurrences | 8 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (4) |
Onan (Hebrew אוֹנָן, Strong's H209) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Onan”. It occurs 8 times.
Definition
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.4;
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
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
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | onan (8) |
|---|---|
| BSB | onan (7) |
Verses
Every verse with Onan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 38:4And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
- Genesis 38:8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.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 38:9And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.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 46:12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.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.
Numbers
- Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 2:3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).