Lexical Summary On: a city in N. Eg Original Word: אָוֶןTransliteration: On Phonetic Spelling: (one) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a city in N. Eg Meaning: On -- a city in northern Egypt Strong's Concordance On Or (shortened); On {one}; of Egyptian derivation; On, a city of Egypt -- On. Brown-Driver-Briggs H204. On אוֺן proper name, of a location see אֹן. אוניות2 Chronicles 8:18 Kt see אֳנִי below אנה. אֹן (Genesis 41:45; 46:20) אוֺן (41:50; Ezekiel 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 Genesis 41:45, 50; 46:20; also Ezekiel 30:17 ( where אָוֶן ᵑ0); it was celebrated for worship of sun-god Ra, & hence called also sun-city, שֶׁמֶשׁ בֵּית Jeremiah 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. |
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