Hebrew · Strong's H209 · Name

אוֹנָן

o·nan

Onan

8times used
6verses
3books

How it's translated

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

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