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Onan Scripture - 1 Chronicles 2:3

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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Onan Scripture - Genesis 38:9

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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Onan Scripture - Genesis 38:8

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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Onan in Wikipedia

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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Onan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Onan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Onan in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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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Onan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Onan in Naves Topical Bible

-(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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