H0209 H0209
Onan — second son of Judah, whose name means 'vigorous' or 'strong'
Onan was the second son of Judah and his Canaanite wife, best known from the narrative in Genesis 38 where he refused to fulfill the duty of levirate marriage for his deceased brother Er. His name, meaning 'vigorous,' appears eight times across Genesis, Numbers, and 1 Chronicles. The multilingual evidence — Hindi ओनान, Spanish Onán, French and German Onan — shows uniform transliteration, as expected for a personal name with no semantic ambiguity in context.
Senses
1. Onan (proper name, son of Judah) — The proper masculine name Onan (אוֹנָן, 'vigorous'), referring to Judah's second son by his Canaanite wife (Gen 38:4). He is remembered for his refusal to raise offspring for his brother Er, resulting in divine judgment (Gen 38:8–10). Later genealogical lists in Genesis 46:12, Numbers 26:19, and 1 Chronicles 2:3 record his name in the tribal registers of Judah. All languages transliterate consistently, confirming a single, unambiguous referent. 8×
AR["أُونَان","لِ-أُونَان","وَ-أونان","وَ-أُونَانُ","وَأُونَانُ"]·ben["আর-ওনন","এবং-ওনন","ও-ওনান","ওনন","ওননকে"]·DE["Onan","[ואונן]","und-Onan","zu-Onan"]·EN["Onan","and-Onan","to-Onan"]·FR["Onan","[ואונן]","et-Onan","à-Onan"]·heb["אונן","ו-אונן","ל-אונן"]·HI["ओनान","ओनान-से","और-ओनान"]·ID["Onan","dan-Onan","kepada-Onan"]·IT["Onan","[ואונן]","a-Onan","e-Onan"]·jav["Onan","dhateng-Onan","lan-Onan"]·KO["그-와-오난","그리고-오난","그리고-오난과","그리고-오난은","오난에게","오난이","오난이라"]·PT["'Onan","a-'Onan","e-'Onan","e-Onan"]·RU["Онан","Онану","и-Онан"]·ES["Onan","a-Onan","y-Onan","y-Onán"]·SW["Onani","akamruka-Onani","kwa-Onani","na-Onani"]·TR["Onan","Onan'a","ve-Onan"]·urd["اور-اونان","اونان","اونان-سے","اونان-نے","و-اونان"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אוֹנָן n.pr.m. (vigorous) son of Judah Gn 38:4, 8, 9; 46:12(×2); Nu 26:19(×2); 1 Ch 2:3.