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׃and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;Genesis 38:8 · לְאוֹנָ֔ןAnd Judah saith to Onan, ‘Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;’Genesis 38:9 · אוֹנָ֔ןand Onan knoweth that the seed is not reckoned his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother’s wife, that he hath destroyed it to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;Genesis 46:12 · וְאוֹנָ֛ן · וְאוֹנָן֙And sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah, (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan.) And sons of Pharez are Hezron and Hamul.Numbers 26:19 · וְאוֹנָ֑ן · וְאוֹנָ֖ןSons of Judah are Er and Onan; and Er dieth—Onan also—in the land of Canaan.1 Chronicles 2:3 · וְאוֹנָן֙Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death.