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Word

אוֹן

ʼÔwn · H204 · Hebrew · proper noun · 3 occurrences

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Place

Meanings

  1. On

    On, a town in Lower Egypt to be identified with Heliopolis, a center of worship of solar deities such as Re and Atum

    Examples

    Genesis 41:45 Then Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

    Genesis 41:50 Now before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.

    Genesis 46:20 Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 5 entries
Strong002001001063
This entry carries no independent “Strong” sense of its own; every occurrence of this lexeme is the Egyptian place name On: “He gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, to be his wife” (Genesis 41:45). The domain is bundle-shared with אוֹן (ʼôwn, H202) and אוֹן (ʼÔwn, H203).
Stage002001001060
The sense of an originating stage carries over into this place name's derivation as well, drawn from the same root that names Reuben's own "beginning of strength" (Genesis 49:3, tagged under the related form אוֹן (ʼôwn, H202) rather than under this place name's own occurrence).
Objects001
The broader sense of substance or wealth underlies this name's etymology, drawn from the same root's use for wealth or vigor (Job 20:10, tagged under the related form אוֹן (ʼôwn, H202) rather than under this place name's own occurrence).
Names of Locations003001010
אוֹן names On, the Egyptian city whose priest Potiphera was Joseph's father-in-law and gave him Asenath as his wife (Genesis 41:45).
Names of People003001007
The same form is also attested elsewhere as a personal name distinct from this place, On the son of Peleth among the Reubenites (Numbers 16:1, tagged under the personal-name form אוֹן (ʼÔwn, H203) rather than under this place name's own occurrence).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H204. On אוֺן proper name, of a location see אֹן. אוניות2Ch 8:18 Kt see אֳנִי below אנה.…
H204. On
אוֺן proper name, of a location see אֹן.
אוניות2Ch 8:18 Kt see אֳנִי below אנה.
אֹן (Gen 41:45; Gen 46:20) אוֺן (Gen 41:50; Eze 30:17) proper name, of a location On (Egypt An compare EbGS 75 WiedSamm 146; perhaps = Assyrian Unu SteindBAS i.610, contr. DlPa 318) city in lower Egypt, probably on border of land of Goshen, residence of 'Potiphera, priest of On,' father-in-law of Joseph Gen 41:45, Gen 41:50; Gen 46:20; also Eze 30:17 ( where אָוֶן ᵑ0); it was celebrated for worship of sun-god Ra, & hence called also sun-city, שֶׁמֶשׁ בֵּית Jer 43:13, ᵐ5 ἡλίου πόλις; modern Matariye, on east bank of Nile, approximately 7 miles east of north from Cairo & 18 from Memphis; — compare EbGS 75, 507 f. & map Wiedl.c.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

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