Every Name in Tanakh

אוֹנָם Onam

Every verse in which this name stands — 4 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 97×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for an Edomite and of an Israelite. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:23 and last at 1 Chronicles 2:28.

Genesis 36:23בראשית לו:כג

וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי שׁוֹבָל עַלְוָן וּמָנַחַת וְעֵיבָל שְׁפוֹ וְאוֹנָֽם

And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

1 Chronicles 1:40דברי הימים א א:מ

בְּנֵי שׁוֹבָל עַלְיָן וּמָנַחַת וְעֵיבָל שְׁפִי וְאוֹנָם וּבְנֵי צִבְעוֹן אַיָּה וַעֲנָֽה

The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.

1 Chronicles 2:26דברי הימים א ב:כו

וַתְּהִי אִשָּׁה אַחֶרֶת לִֽירַחְמְאֵל וּשְׁמָהּ עֲטָרָה הִיא אֵם אוֹנָֽם

And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

1 Chronicles 2:28דברי הימים א ב:כח

וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־אוֹנָם שַׁמַּי וְיָדָע וּבְנֵי שַׁמַּי נָדָב וַאֲבִישֽׁוּר

And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada; and the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Onam?

Onam — אונם in Hebrew — has a gematria of 97 in the standard method.

How many times is Onam named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at Genesis 36:23.

A spelling is not a name. The written word אונם stands 4 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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