Strong's #209: 'Ownan (pronounced o-nawn')

a variation of 207; strong; Onan, a son of Judah:--Onan.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

'ônân

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

Relation: a variation of H207

Usage:

This word is used 8 times:

 

Genesis 38:4: "and she called his name Onan."
Genesis 38:8: "And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife,"
Genesis 38:9: " And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass,"
Genesis 46:12: "And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah:"
Genesis 46:12: "and Pharez, and Zerah: and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons"
Numbers 26:19: "The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died"
Numbers 26:19: "were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died of Canaan."
1 Chronicles 2:3: "The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born"