STRONGS NUMBER H204

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 Eb^{GS 75} Wied^{Samm 146}; perhaps = Assyrian Unu Steind^{BAS i.610}, contr. Dl^{Pa 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 Eb^{GS 75, 507 f.} & map Wied^l.c.