Onan


strong, the second son of Judah (Gen. 38:4-10; comp. Deut. 25:5; Matt. 22:24). He died before the going down of Jacob and his family into Egypt.

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  • Onanism

    [oh-nuh-niz-uh m] /ˈoʊ nəˌnɪz əm/ noun 1. withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus. 2. . /ˈəʊnəˌnɪzəm/ noun 1. another name for masturbation, coitus interruptus n. “masturbation,” also “coitus interruptus,” 1727, from Onan, son of Judah (Gen. xxxviii:9), who spilled his seed on the ground […]

  • Onanist

    [oh-nuh-niz-uh m] /ˈoʊ nəˌnɪz əm/ noun 1. withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus. 2. . /ˈəʊnəˌnɪzəm/ noun 1. another name for masturbation, coitus interruptus n. “masturbation,” also “coitus interruptus,” 1727, from Onan, son of Judah (Gen. xxxviii:9), who spilled his seed on the ground […]

  • Onanistic

    [oh-nuh-niz-uh m] /ˈoʊ nəˌnɪz əm/ noun 1. withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus. 2. . /ˈəʊnəˌnɪzəm/ noun 1. another name for masturbation, coitus interruptus n. “masturbation,” also “coitus interruptus,” 1727, from Onan, son of Judah (Gen. xxxviii:9), who spilled his seed on the ground […]

  • Onanists

    [oh-nuh-niz-uh m] /ˈoʊ nəˌnɪz əm/ noun 1. withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus. 2. . /ˈəʊnəˌnɪzəm/ noun 1. another name for masturbation, coitus interruptus n. “masturbation,” also “coitus interruptus,” 1727, from Onan, son of Judah (Gen. xxxviii:9), who spilled his seed on the ground […]

  • On a par with

    As good as, equal to, as in This violinist may be an amateur but he’s on a par with professional orchestral players. The noun par has meant “that which is equal” since the mid-1600s; the idiom here was first recorded in 1832.


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