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H209 אוֹנָן (ʼÔwnân) o-nawn'
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Strong's Definition

a variation of 207; strong; Onan, a son of Judah

KJV Usage: Onan

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Names of People

Onan = man; ◄ second son of Judah; ► killed by God because he refused to fulfill his duties towards his deceased brother

GEN 38:4 · GEN 38:8 · GEN 38:9 · GEN 46:12 · GEN 46:12 · NUM 26:19 · NUM 26:19 · 1CH 2:3

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אוֹנָן n.pr.m. (vigorous) son of Judah base

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