Midvash

אוֹןʼÔwn

אוֺן: proper name [of a location]: see אֹן

Pronunciation: one · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H204

Meanings

אֹן: proper name [of a location]: city in lower Egypt, probably on border of land of Goshen (Genesis 41:45; Genesis 46:20; Genesis 41:50; Ezekiel 30:17; Jeremiah 43:13)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 41:45 Then Pharaoh gave Joseph a new Egyptian name, Zaphenath-paneah. He also gave him a wife, whose name was Asenath. She was the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On. So Joseph took charge of the entire land of Egypt.
  • Genesis 41:50 During this time, before the first of the famine years, two sons were born to Joseph and his wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.
  • Genesis 46:20 Joseph’s sons, born in the land of Egypt, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Their mother was Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.
  • Ezekiel 30:17 The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and the women will be taken away as slaves.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).