Onan
Male
No dictionary entry.
Family
- Parents
- JudahDaughter of Shuah
- Siblings
- ErPharezShelahZerah
Named in 6 verses
- Genesis 38:4 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
- Genesis 38:8 Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”
- Genesis 38:9 Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to hi
- 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 were Hezron and Hamul.
- Numbers 26:19 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight; a