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Onan logo #10101) Biblical masturbator 2) Biblical non-impregnator 3) Biblical pervert 4) Biblical seed sower 5) Biblical seed spiller 6) Biblical seed-spiller 7) Brother of er 8) Brother of Er in the Bible 9) Brother of Shelah in Genesis 10) Early waster of sperm 11) Genesis figure 12) God slew him 13) Grandson of Jacob and Leah
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Onan

Onan logo #21000 Onan ({Hebrew Name|אוֹנָן|Onan|ʼÔnān|`Strong`}) is a minor biblical person in the Book of Genesis chapter 38, who was the second son of Judah. Like his older brother, Er, Onan was killed by Yahweh. Onan`s death was retribution for being `evil in the sight of the Lord` through being unwilling to father a child by his widowed sister-in...
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Onan

Onan logo #21003(from the article `masturbation`) ...Once the object of extravagant superstitions and severe taboos, masturbation by adults was frowned upon in the majority of premodern societies. ... In the Old Testament story of Onan (Genesis 38:8–10), Judah ordered his son Onan to sleep with Onan`s recently widowed sister-in-law, but Onan ... ...
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