Atlas Biblica

    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name On. Every On in the Bible

    place · also Heliopolis

    On

    אֹןηλιουπολεως

    On, also known as Heliopolis, was an ancient Egyptian city mentioned in the Bible in connection with Joseph's life and prophetic references to Egypt.

    Where the story of On happensWhere the gazetteer locates On, framed to them: On. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.On
    Where the gazetteer locates On
    verses
    6
    first named
    Genesis 41:45
    last named
    Ezekiel 30:17
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    30.13°N · 31.31°E
    settlement30.13°N · 31.31°E

    Ain Shams (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    On in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    On, also known as Heliopolis (Greek for "City of the Sun"), was an ancient Egyptian city located in the Nile Delta region, near modern-day Cairo. It is mentioned several times in the Bible, particularly in relation to the life of Joseph. Joseph married Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest of On (Gen. 41:45, 50; 46:20). This marriage was arranged by Pharaoh and likely served to integrate Joseph into Egyptian society and religious life.

    The city of On was a center of worship for the sun god Ra and was known for its temples and religious institutions. In the prophetic books, On is mentioned in the context of God's judgment against Egypt (Ezek. 30:17). Some translations and ancient versions (such as the Septuagint) also reference On in Isaiah 19:18, where it is called the "City of Destruction" or "City of the Sun," depending on the interpretation of the Hebrew text.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    Stands in the same events as

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 4 books.

    1. Genesis3 verses

      41:4541:5046:20

    2. Isaiah1 verse

      19:18

    3. Jeremiah1 verse

      43:13

    4. Ezekiel1 verse

      30:17

    3 further references are to addresses this build does not carry — Septuagint verses, or compound strings the source never resolves. Attested where Atlas does not read is not attested nowhere.

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereEgyptAncient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and ExodusElsewhereJordanA river and region, significant in Israel's history

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

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