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ONAN (ō'năn, Heb. ’ônān, strong). Second son of Judah by a Canaanite wife who was a daughter of Shua. He refused to consummate a levirate marriage with Tamar, widow of his elder brother Er, who had been wicked, and so the Lord put him to death also, leaving Tamar twice a widow (
ONAN ō’ nən (אוֹנָן, strong). The second son born to Judah and a Canaanitess named Shua. After the death of his older brother Er, whom the Lord slew for his wickedness, Onan, commanded by his father Judah to enter into a levirate marriage with his brother’s wife Tamar, failed to consummate the union. For this sin the Lord punished him with death (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(’onan, "vigorous"; compare ONAM, a "son" of Judah (