H209: אוֹנָן
ʼÔwnân · pronounced o-nawn' · “Onan”
Definition
Onan, a son of Judah
KJV translates it as: Onan.
Word origin: a variation of H207 (אוֹנוֹ); strong;
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H209 is translated
- onan ×8
Bible verses with H209 (ʼÔwnân)
ʼôwnân appears in 6 verses.
- Genesis 38:4
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
- Genesis 38:8
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
- Genesis 38:9
And 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.
- Genesis 46:12
And 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.
- Numbers 26:19
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3
The 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.