אוֹנָן
o.nan
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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Concordance 6 verses
- Genesis 38:4 אוֹנָֽן׃
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
- Genesis 38:8 לְאוֹנָ֔ן
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
- Genesis 38:9 אוֹנָ֔ן
But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
- Genesis 46:12 וְאוֹנָ֛ןוְאוֹנָן֙
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:19 וְאוֹנָ֑ןוְאוֹנָ֖ן
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 וְאוֹנָן֙
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.
