Hebrew · Strong's H209 · Name
אוֹנָן
o·nan
Onan
8times used
6verses
3books
How it's translated
- and onan3
- onan2
- to onan1
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
Where it appears
- Genesis4
- Numbers1
- 1 Chronicles1
Every verse
English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.