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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74235" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74235" /> == | ||
<p> '''O'nan.''' ''( | <p> '''O'nan.''' ''(Strong).'' The second son of Judah, by the Canaanitess, "the daughter of Shua." Genesis 38:4; 1 Chronicles 2:3. "What he did was evil in the eyes of [[Jehovah]] and he slew him also, as he had slain his elder brother." Genesis 38:9. His death took place before the family of Jacob went down into Egypt. Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19. (B.C. 1706). </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53173" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53173" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> ONAN </strong> . A son of Judah ( [[Genesis]] 38:4; Genesis 46:12 , Numbers 26:19 , 1 Chronicles 2:3 ). After the decease of his elder brother, Er, he was instructed by his father to contract a levirate marriage with Tamar. The device by which he evaded the object of this marriage ‘was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him’ ( Genesis 38:8-10 ). </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67961" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67961" /> == | ||
<p> Second son of Judah by a Canaanitess, 'daughter of Shua': he was slain by | <p> Second son of Judah by a Canaanitess, 'daughter of Shua': he was slain by Jehovah for his sin. Genesis 38:4-10; Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19; 1 Chronicles 2:3 . </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36904" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36904" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53707" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53707" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Onanz', אוֹנָן, '' | <p> (Heb. Onanz', אוֹנָן, ''Strong;'' Sept. Αὐνάν )'','' the second son of Judah by the daughter of [[Shuah]] the [[Canaanite]] ( Genesis 38:4; Numbers 26:19; 1 Chronicles 3:3). Being constrained by the obligations of the ancient [[Levirate]] law (q.v.) to espouse Tamar, his elder brother's widow, he took means to frustrate the intention of this usage, which was to provide heirs for a brother who had died childless ( Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Mark 12:1-9). This offense, rendered without excuse by the allowance of polygamy, and the seriousness of which can scarcely be appreciated but in respect to the usages of the times in which it was committed, was punished by premature death ( Genesis 38:8 sq.). B.C. cir. 1870. His act was evidently different from the vice which has been given his name. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6811" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6811" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' o´nan ''''' ( <i> ''''' 'onan ''''' </i> , "vigorous"; compare [[Onam]] : | <p> ''''' o´nan ''''' ( <i> ''''' 'onan ''''' </i> , "vigorous"; compare [[Onam]] : A "son" of Judah ( Genesis 38:4 , Genesis 38:8-10; Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19; 1 Chronicles 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 Genesis 38:11 Judah plainly attributes the death of his sons in some way to [[Tamar]] herself. The name is allied to Onam. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16349" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16349" /> == | ||
