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o.nan H209

אוֹנָן (o.nan) means “Onan” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אוֹנָן Hebrew · H209 8 tagged occurrences in 6 verses

Pronunciation guide: o-nawn' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0209

אוֹנָן · o.nan · Onan

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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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a variation of H207 (אוֹנוֹ); strong; Onan, a son of Judah

KJV glosses: Onan.

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How translators render H209

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
onan 3
and onan 2
but onan 1
to onan 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and onan 6
onan 1
unto onan 1

Verses containing H209

Page 1 of 1. 6 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 38:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.

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  2. Genesis 38:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  3. Genesis 38:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  4. Genesis 46:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  5. Numbers 26:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

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  6. 1 Chronicles 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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. So the LORD put him to death.

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