Dict: smith - ON

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ON - O>@ - the son of Peleth and one of the chiefs of the tribe of Reuben, who took part with Korah, Dathan and Abiram in their revolt against Moses. kjv@Numbers:16:1) (B.C. 1491.) His name does not again appear in the narrative of the conspiracy, nor is he alluded to when reference is made to the final catastrophe.

ON - O>@ - (abode or city of the sun), a town of lower Egypt, called BETH

- SHEMESH in kjv@Jeremiah:43:13) On is better known under its Greek name Heliopolis. It was situated on the east side of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, just below the point of the Delta, and about twenty miles northeast of Memphis. The chief object of worship at Heliopolis was the sun, whose temple, described by Strabo, is now only represented by the single beautiful obelisk, of red granite so feet 2 inches high above the pedestal which has stood for more than 4000 years, having been erected by Usirtesen, the second king of the twelfth dynasty. Heliopolis was anciently famous for its learning, and Eudoxus and Plato studied under its priests. The first mention of this place in the Bible is in the history of Joseph, to whom we read Pharaoh gave "to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On." kjv@Genesis:41:45) comp. ver, kjv@Genesis:41:60 and kjv@Genesis:46:20 (On is to be remembered not only as the home of Joseph, but as the traditional place to which his far-off namesake took Mary and the babe Jesus in the flight to Egypt. The two famous obelisks, long called "Cleopatra’s Needles," one of which now stands in London and the other in Central Park in New York city, once stood before this city, and were seen by the children of Israel before the exodus, having been quarried at Syene on the Nile, erected at On (Heliopolis) by Thothmes III., B.C. 1500, and inscriptions added by Rameses II. (Sesostris) two hundred years later. They were taken to Alexandria by Augustus Caesar A.D. 23, from which they were removed to their present places.
ED.)

ONAM - O>@ - (strong). One of the sons of Shobal the son of Seir. kjv@Genesis:36:23; kjv@1Chronicles:1:40) (B.C. 1964.) The son of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:26-28)

ONAN - O>@ - (strong), the second son of Judah by the Canaanitess, "the daughter of Shua." kjv@Genesis:38:4; kjv@1Chronicles:2:3) "What he did was evil in the eyes of Jehovah and he slew him also, as he had slain his elder brother. kjv@Genesis:38:9) His death took place before the family of Jacob went down into Egypt. kjv@Genesis:46:12; kjv@Numbers:26:19) (B.C. 1706.)

ONESIMUS - O>@ - (profitable, useful), the name of the servant or slave in whose behalf Paul wrote the Epistle to Philemon. He was a native, or certainly an inhabitant, of Colosse. kjv@Colossians:4:9) (A.D. 58.) He fled from his master end escaped to Rome, where he was led to embrace the gospel through Paul’s instrumentality. After his conversion the most happy and friendly relations sprung up between the teacher and disciple. Whether Paul desired his presence as a personal attendant or as a minister of the gospel is not certain from verse 13 of the epistle.

ONESIPHORUS - O>@ - (bringing profit) is named twice only in the New Testament, viz. ( kjv@2Timothy:1:16-18) and kjv@2Timothy:4:19 Paul mentions him in terms of grateful love as having a noble courage and generosity in his behalf, amid his trials as a prisoner at Rome, when others from whom he expected better things had deserted him. ( kjv@2Timothy:4:16) Probably other members of the family were also active Christians. ( kjv@2Timothy:4:19) It is evident from ( kjv@2Timothy:1:18) that Onesiphorus had his home at Ephesus. (A.D. 64.)

ONIAS - O>@ - the name of five high priests in the period between the Old and the New Testament.

ONION - O>@ - This product is mentioned only in kjv@Numbers:11:5) as one of the good things of Egypt of which the Israel regretted the loss. Onions have been from time immemorial a favorite article of food among the Egyptians, The onions of Egypt are much milder in flavor and less pungent than those of this country.

ONO - O>@ - (strong), one of the towns of Benjamin, is first found in ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:12) A plain was attached to the town called "the plain of Ono" kjv@Nehemiah:6:2) perhaps identical with the valley of craftsmen" kjv@Nehemiah:11:35)

ONYCHA - O>@ - spoken of in kjv@Exodus:30:34) was one of the ingredients of the sacred perfume. It consists of the shells of several kinds of mussels, which when burned emit a strong odor.

ONYX - O>@ - (a nail) is the translation of the Hebrew shoham ; but there is some doubt as to its signification. Some writers believe that the "beryl" is intended; but the balance of authority is in favor of some variety of the onyx. ("The onyx is not a transparent stone, but as the color of the flesh appears through the nail (Greek onyx) on the human body, so the reddish mass which is below shines delicately through the whitish surface of the onyx. There are several varieties. White and reddish stripes alternating form the sardonyx; white and reddish gray, the chalcedony. When polished it has a fine lustre, and is easily wrought into a gem of great beauty."
- Rosenmiller.