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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H209 — אוֹנָן
o.nan · Onan · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 38:4 · אוֹנָֽן׃She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.Genesis 38:8 · לְאוֹנָ֔ןJudah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother.”Genesis 38:9 · אוֹנָ֔ןOnan knew that the seed wouldn’t be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.Genesis 46:12 · וְאוֹנָ֛ן · וְאוֹנָן֙The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.Numbers 26:19 · וְאוֹנָ֑ן · וְאוֹנָ֖ןThe sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.1 Chronicles 2:3 · וְאוֹנָן֙The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.