אוֹנָן

Strong’s Definition

Onan, a son of Judah

Etymology & Derivation

a variation of H207 (אוֹנוֹ); strong;

KJV Usage

Onan.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼÔwnân; Pronunciation: o-nawn'