Onan
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three
were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess.
And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the
LORD; and he slew him....
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And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to
pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled
[it] on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his
brother....
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And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and
marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother....
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In the Biblical Book of Genesis, Onan (Hebrew: אוֹנָן, Modern
Onan Tiberian ʼÔnān ; "Strong") was the second son of
Judah.[1] Certain interpretations of the narrative concerning
him have led to the term onanism, which means coitus
interruptus.
According to the text, after God had killed Onan's older
brother Er, Judah told Onan to have sexual i...
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o'-nan ('onan, "vigorous"; compare ONAM, a "son" of Judah (Gen
38:4,8-10; 46:12; Nu 26:19; 1 Ch 2:3); "The story of the
untimely death of Er and Onan implies that two of the ancient
clans of Judah early disappeared" (Curtis, Chron, 84). See
Skinner, Gen, 452, where it is pointed out that in Gen 38:11
Judah plainly attributes the death of his s...
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-(Son of Judah)
-Killed for his refusal to raise seed (offspring) for his
deceased brother
Ge 38:4,8-10; 46:12; Nu 26:19; 1Ch 2:3...
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(strong), the second son of Judah by the Canaanitess, "the
daughter of Shua." Ge 38:4; 1Ch 2:3 "What he did was evil in
the eyes of Jehovah and he slew him also, as he had slain his
elder brother. Ge 38:9 His death took place before the family
of Jacob went down into Egypt. Ge 46:12; Nu 26:19 (B.C. 1706.)...
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strong, the second son of Judah (Gen. 38:4-10; comp. Deut.
25:5;
Matt. 22:24). He died before the going down of Jacob
and his
family into Egypt....
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Judah's second son by the Canaanitess, daughter of Shua
(Genesis 38:4). Slain by Jehovah for the unnatural means which
he took to have no issue by his brother Er's widow, whom he
had married according to the custom, to perpetuate the race
(Genesis 38:4-9)....
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