Quick Definition
Onan
Biblical Persons & Places
Onan
Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness
A man from the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.4;
only referred to as Onan (אוֹנָן);
son of Judah and Bath-shua ;
a brother of Er and Shelah;
half-brother of: Perez and Zerah.
Strong's Definition
Onan, a son of Judah
Derivation: a variation of H207 (אוֹנוֹ); strong;
KJV Usage: Onan.
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אוֹנָן
ônân
BDB Definition:
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/Strongs Number: a variation of H207
Total KJV Occurrences: 8