Quick Definition
On
Biblical Persons & Places
On
On
A location first mentioned at Gen.41.45;
referred to as On (אֹן), or City/ of Destruction (הֶ֫רֶס עִיר), or Heliopolis (KJV= Beth-shemesh, NIV= "temple of the sun") (בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ), or Heliopolis (LXX) (ηλιουπολεως).
Strong's Definition
On, a city of Egypt
Derivation: or (shortened); אֹן; of Egyptian derivation;
KJV Usage: On.
Outline of Biblical Usage
On = "strength or vigour"
1) city in lower Egypt, bordering land of Goshen, centre of sun-worship, residence of Potipherah (priest of On and father-in-law of Joseph)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ On = "strength or vigour"
city in lower Egypt, bordering land of Goshen, centre of sun-worship, residence of Potipherah (priest of On and father-in-law of Joseph)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֹן / אוֹן
ôn
BDB Definition:
On = strength or vigour
1) city in lower Egypt, bordering land of Goshen, centre of sun-worship, residence of Potipherah (priest of On and father-in-law of Joseph)
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of Egyptian derivation
Total KJV Occurrences: 3