אוֹן

on · strength; wealth

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H202 · appears 12 times in the Bible

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What it means

on (אוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “strength; wealth”.

Vigor, strength to beget. Elsewhere, wealth.

How to say it

on

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A person's strength.
  2. What someone has gained and stored up, his fortune.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • vigor ×10
  • wealth ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 49:3

    Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the first fruit of my vigor, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

  • Deuteronomy 21:17

    But the firstborn, the son of the hated one, he shall acknowledge by giving him a double portion of all that is found to be his, for he is the firstfruits of his vigor; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.

  • Job 18:7

    The steps of his vigor are cramped, and his own counsel throws him down.

  • Job 18:12

    His vigor is hungry, and calamity is ready at his side.

  • Job 20:10

    His sons will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth.

  • Job 40:16

    Look, please, its strength is in its loins, and its vigor in the muscles of its belly.

  • Psalms 78:51

    And he struck every firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of vigor in the tents of Ham.

  • Psalms 105:36

    And he struck every firstborn in their land, the beginning of all their vigor.

  • Isaiah 40:26

    Lift up on high your eyes and see: who created these? He who brings out by number their army, calls them all by name; by the greatness of his vigor, and being mighty in strength, not one is missing.

  • Isaiah 40:29

    He gives strength to the tired, and to him who has no vigor he increases power.

  • Hosea 12:3

    In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his vigor he strove with Elohim.

  • Hosea 12:8

    And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they will not find in me iniquity that is sin.”