Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #209 - אוֹנָן Onan ("vigorous")

Original Word:	אוֹנָן
Transliteration:	Onan
Definition:	"vigorous", a son of Judah
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(o-nawn')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Onan

A variation of 'Ownow; strong; Onan, a son of Judah -- Onan.

see HEBREW 'Ownow

Englishman's Concordance

Onan=“strong”
1) 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
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a variation of H207

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אוֺנָןproper name, masculine (vigorous) son of Judah Genesis 38:4,8,9; Genesis 46:12 (twice in verse); Numbers 26:19 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:3.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 209. אוֹנָן (Onan) — 8 Occurrences

Genesis 38:4
HEB:אֶת־ שְׁמ֖וֹ אוֹנָֽן׃
NAS: a son and named him Onan.
KJV: and she called his name Onan.
INT: called his name Onan

Genesis 38:8
HEB:וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוּדָה֙ לְאוֹנָ֔ן בֹּ֛א אֶל־
NAS: said to Onan, Go
KJV: said unto Onan, Go in
INT: said Judah to Onan Go about

Genesis 38:9
HEB: וַיֵּ֣דַע אוֹנָ֔ן כִּ֛י לֹּ֥א
NAS:Onan knew that the offspring
KJV:And Onan knew that the seed
INT: knew Onan for not

Genesis 46:12
HEB:יְהוּדָ֗ה עֵ֧ר וְאוֹנָ֛ן וְשֵׁלָ֖ה וָפֶ֣רֶץ
NAS: Er and Onan and Shelah
KJV: Er, and Onan, and Shelah,
INT: of Judah Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez

Genesis 46:12
HEB:וַיָּ֨מָת עֵ֤ר וְאוֹנָן֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן
NAS: (but Er and Onan died
KJV: but Er and Onan died
INT: died Er and Onan the land of Canaan

Numbers 26:19
HEB:יְהוּדָ֖ה עֵ֣ר וְאוֹנָ֑ן וַיָּ֥מָת עֵ֛ר
NAS: [were] Er and Onan, but Er
KJV: [were] Er and Onan: and Er
INT: of Judah Er and Onan died Er

Numbers 26:19
HEB:וַיָּ֥מָת עֵ֛ר וְאוֹנָ֖ן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃
NAS: but Er and Onan died
KJV: and Er and Onan died
INT: died Er and Onan the land of Canaan

1 Chronicles 2:3
HEB:יְהוּדָ֗ה עֵ֤ר וְאוֹנָן֙ וְשֵׁלָ֔ה שְׁלוֹשָׁה֙
NAS: [were] Er, Onan and Shelah;
KJV: Er, and Onan, and Shelah:
INT: of Judah Er Onan and Shelah three

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