On (און) means vigor in Hebrew.
It can also mean power and strength. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
vigor, power, strength
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for On.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כוח, עוצמה.
הִנֵּה נָא כֹחוֹ בְמָתְנָיו; וְאוֹנוֹ בִּשְׁרִירֵי בִטְנוֹ.
- 2בפרט: כוח גברא, כוח ההולדה של הזכר.
רְאוּבֵן בְּכֹרִי אַתָּה, כֹּחִי וְרֵאשִׁית אוֹנִי יֶתֶר שְׂאֵת וְיֶתֶר עָז.
- 3עיר במצרים.
וּלְיוֹסֵף יֻלָּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים בְּטֶרֶם תָּבוֹא שְׁנַת הָרָעָב אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה-לּוֹ אָסְנַת בַּת-פּוֹטִי פֶרַע כֹּהֵן אוֹן.
- 4שם פרטי לזכר.
וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח בֶּן־יִצְהָר, בֶּן־קְהָת בֶּן־לֵוִי; וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב וְאוֹן בֶּן־פֶּלֶת, בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word On is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- אוֹן
- Written without vowel points
- און
- Said
- on
- Root
- א־ו־נ
- Pattern
- קוֹל
- Plural
- אונים
- Inflections
- ר' אונים; און־; כ' אוני
- Gematria
- 57
This is how On is said in other languages.
- English
- vigor, power, strength
These words mean nearly the same as On.
- כוח
- אול
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of On.
- חולשה
- אין אונים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with On.
The word On is part of these phrases and sayings.
- און כלאים
- אין אונות
- רב אונים
- אין אונים
- חסר אונים
- צעדי און
- ראשית און
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
This is where the word On comes from.
משמעות (1) באוגריתית (אַנ).
These words come before and after On in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word On.
What does On (און) mean in Hebrew?
On (און) means vigor, power, and strength. It is said on, with the stress on on.
What is a synonym for On (און)?
Words that mean nearly the same as On (און) are כוח and אול.
What is the opposite of On (און)?
Words that mean the opposite of On (און) are חולשה and אין אונים.
What rhymes with On (און)?
Words that rhyme with On (און) include מזון, רצון, צפון, לשון, חלבון, and זיכרון.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry און of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.