אוֹנָן ʼÔwnân

Hebrew · Strong's H209 · pronounced o-nawn' · used 8 times in 6 verses

Meaning

Onan, a son of Judah

In the King James Version: Onan.

Derivation: a variation of H207 (אוֹנוֹ); strong;

Genesis 38:4 Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
Genesis 38:8 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 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 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 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
1 Chronicles 2:3 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.