On

A written article for On is still to come. Below and alongside: where On appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • On
    1490 BC to 1471 BC
  • On

Original words

  • אוֹן on
    H203
  • אוֹן on
    H204
  • ἐμφυσάω on
    G1720
  • ἔνδυσις on
    G1745
Relationships
Father: Peleth
Citations
“On.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.

Where On appears in Scripture

Genesis 41

וַיִּקְרָא פַרְעֹה שֵׁם-יוֹסֵף צָֽפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ וַיִּתֶּן-לוֹ אֶת-אָֽסְנַת בַּת-פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן לְאִשָּׁה וַיֵּצֵא יוֹסֵף עַל-אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
45
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
וּלְיוֹסֵף יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא שְׁנַת הָֽרָעָב אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה-לּוֹ אָֽסְנַת בַּת-פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֽוֹן׃
50
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.

Genesis 46

וַיִּוָּלֵד לְיוֹסֵף בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה-לּוֹ אָֽסְנַת בַּת-פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אֹן אֶת-מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶת-אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
20
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.

Numbers 16

וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח בֶּן-יִצְהָר בֶּן-קְהָת בֶּן-לֵוִי וְדָתָן וַֽאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב וְאוֹן בֶּן-פֶּלֶת בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵֽן׃
1
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:

John 20

καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐνεφύσησεν καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς Λάβετε πνεῦμα ἅγιον·
22
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

1 Peter 3

ὧν ἔστω οὐχ ἔξωθεν ἐμπλοκῆς τριχῶν καὶ περιθέσεως χρυσίων ἐνδύσεως ἱματίων κόσμος
3
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;