--- title: O — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 description: The 453 words of the English dictionary under O, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / O # O — The English dictionary · page 9 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) … [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/10/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/23/) **oncoming** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming towards you or moving nearer: «oncoming traffic», «an oncoming storm».[↗](../../oncoming/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Watch out for oncoming traffic when you cross.[↗](../../oncoming/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The headlights of an oncoming car dazzled us.[↗](../../oncoming/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk facing oncoming traffic when there is no pavement.[↗](../../oncoming/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cyclist moved over for an oncoming bus.[↗](../../oncoming/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors saw the oncoming storm.[↗](../../oncoming/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The oncoming train blew its whistle.[↗](../../oncoming/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **one** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* One is the number 1, the first and smallest whole number above zero.[↗](../../one/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* One means a single person or thing: one cup.[↗](../../one/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a pronoun, one stands for a thing already named.[↗](../../one/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I want the red one.[↗](../../one/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* One can mean any person.[↗](../../one/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* One must be careful.[↗](../../one/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «One another» means each other.[↗](../../one/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* One can mean «a certain»: one day, one morning.[↗](../../one/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «A quick one» means a short drink or visit; «you're a funny one» means you're odd; «nice one!»[↗](../../one/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") (UK, Australia) means well done; «I owe you one» means I owe you a favour; «one sec» means wait a moment.[↗](../../one/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (rough) «Give someone one», «land one on someone» means hit them; «you're a right one» is a sarcastic put-down.[↗](../../one/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (formal) The exam voice says «a single», «unity», «a solitary», «one unit», «per unit», «a sole».[↗](../../one/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I add one plum on the table.[↗](../../one/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We multiply the number of groups by the size of one group.[↗](../../one/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · One box holds 6 eggs.[↗](../../one/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") How many eggs are in 4 boxes?[↗](../../one/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I have one brother and two sisters.[↗](../../one/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Which hat do you like?[↗](../../one/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") The blue one.[↗](../../one/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The children came in one by one.[↗](../../one/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In 47 there are 4 tens and 7 ones.[↗](../../one/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · One day, a little fox left the forest.[↗](../../one/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Any number times one stays the same.[↗](../../one/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · one sec, gotta grab 1 more chair[↗](../../one/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · You got 20 out of 20?[↗](../../one/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") Nice one\![↗](../../one/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A single carton accommodates 6 eggs; determine the capacity of 4 such cartons.[↗](../../one/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · One swallow does not make summer.[↗](../../one/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and threescore and one thousand asses, (Torah NUM.31.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../one/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · one he-goat, to make atonement for you.[↗](../../one/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.28.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../one/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · one male of the goats for a sin-offering; (Torah NUM.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../one/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · All the kings thirty and one.[↗](../../one/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.12.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../one/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Why is thy strong one overthrown?[↗](../../one/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../one/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · Have we not all one father?[↗](../../one/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../one/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **oneida** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), from what is now New York State; also their language.[↗](../../oneida/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Oneida Lake in New York State, and towns named after the people.[↗](../../oneida/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Oneida are one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee.[↗](../../oneida/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Oneida helped the Americans during the Revolutionary War.[↗](../../oneida/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Oneida Lake is in New York State.[↗](../../oneida/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Oneida people live in Wisconsin today.[↗](../../oneida/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about the Oneida in our Native American history unit.[↗](../../oneida/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **ongoing** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Still happening and not finished yet.[↗](../../ongoing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **onion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A round vegetable with layers, papery brown, red or white skin and a strong smell and taste, used in cooking.[↗](../../onion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The plant this vegetable grows from; the onion is a bulb that grows under the ground.[↗](../../onion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Chopping onions makes my eyes water.[↗](../../onion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We looked at onion skin cells under the microscope.[↗](../../onion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum fried the onions until they were soft and golden.[↗](../../onion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An onion is a bulb that grows underground.[↗](../../onion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never feed onions to your dog; they can make it ill.[↗](../../onion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ogres are like onions — they have layers\![↗](../../onion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I like onion rings with my burger.[↗](../../onion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Spring onions are thin and green at the top.[↗](../../onion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions.[↗](../../onion/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onion/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **online** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Connected to the internet or done on it.[↗](../../online/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "online games".[↗](../../online/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adverb, on the internet.[↗](../../online/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "We shop online."[↗](../../online/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We did our homework online.[↗](../../online/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never share your address online.[↗](../../online/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Be kind to others online.[↗](../../online/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Not everything you read online is true.[↗](../../online/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandma shops online.[↗](../../online/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if something online scares you.[↗](../../online/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people online pretend to be someone else.[↗](../../online/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is the printer online?[↗](../../online/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online.[↗](../../online/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../online/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **onlooker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An onlooker is a person who watches something happen but does not take part, especially an accident, fight or event in the street.[↗](../../onlooker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A crowd of onlookers gathered round the crashed car.[↗](../../onlooker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Onlookers cheered as the firefighters saved the cat.[↗](../../onlooker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was just an onlooker; he didn't join the fight.[↗](../../onlooker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Onlookers filmed the scuffle on their phones.[↗](../../onlooker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The street performer amazed the onlookers.[↗](../../onlooker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An onlooker called the ambulance.[↗](../../onlooker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be a silent onlooker when someone is being bullied.[↗](../../onlooker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Nor did I,” Becuma replied, and she called on the onlookers to confirm that statement.[↗](../../onlooker/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **only** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Only means no more than, or just one.[↗](../../only/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") «Only 3 are left» means just 3 are left.[↗](../../only/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Only means nothing or nobody else: «Only Sam knew».[↗](../../only/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An only child has no brothers or sisters.[↗](../../only/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «If only» shows a wish: «If only it would stop raining».[↗](../../only/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) Only can mean «but»: «I'd come, only I'm busy.».[↗](../../only/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual, sarcastic) «Only the best for you» or «oh, only 3 hours late» says the opposite of what it means.[↗](../../only/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (rough) «Only a muppet would…» is a put-down; «you only had one job» mocks someone who failed.[↗](../../only/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) «Solely», «exclusively» and «merely» are stiff words for only: «Admission is restricted exclusively to members.».[↗](../../only/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Only 4 apples are left.[↗](../../only/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has only 2 dollars.[↗](../../only/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He is the only boy in the class.[↗](../../only/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Only half of the cake was eaten.[↗](../../only/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is an only child.[↗](../../only/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This door is for staff only.[↗](../../only/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If only I had brought my umbrella\![↗](../../only/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The only way out was through the window.[↗](../../only/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · only 2 quid left after the shop, gutted (casual, UK)[↗](../../only/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh, only an hour late, well done (sarcastic)[↗](../../only/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · You had one job — carry 6 eggs — and you broke 4.[↗](../../only/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../only/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Subsequent to the sale, a mere 4 items remained; the vendor had initially possessed 19.[↗](../../only/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") Determine the number sold.[↗](../../only/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../only/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But the Skin Horse only smiled.[↗](../../only/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; (Torah DEU.29.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../only/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.[↗](../../only/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../only/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.[↗](../../only/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../only/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And as for your answers, there remaineth only faithlessness?[↗](../../only/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../only/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.[↗](../../only/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.5.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../only/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · By pride cometh only contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.[↗](../../only/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.13.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../only/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **onomatopoeia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like the noise it describes, such as buzz, bang, sizzle, hiss, splash, cuckoo and woof.[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An onomatopoeia (or an onomatopoeic word) is one such word.[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Buzz» is an example of onomatopoeia.[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem is full of onomatopoeia: crash, splash, whoosh.[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Add some onomatopoeia to make your storm sound real.[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The comic showed «KAPOW!» when the hero punched.[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «The snake went hiss» uses onomatopoeia.[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you spell onomatopoeia without looking?[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Tick-tock» copies the sound of a clock.[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In Japanese, a cat's meow is «nyan».[↗](../../onomatopoeia/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **onondaga** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A Native American people of central New York State, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy); also their language.[↗](../../onondaga/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) Onondaga Lake and Onondaga County, near Syracuse, New York.[↗](../../onondaga/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Onondaga Nation hosts the Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee.[↗](../../onondaga/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Onondaga are called the keepers of the fire.[↗](../../onondaga/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Onondaga Lake is near the city of Syracuse.[↗](../../onondaga/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Onondaga is also the name of a language.[↗](../../onondaga/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We read a legend told by Onondaga storytellers.[↗](../../onondaga/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **onset** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The onset of something is its start, especially of something bad or unpleasant.[↗](../../onset/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (language) The onset of a syllable is the consonant sound or sounds before the vowel, as «c» in «cat».[↗](../../onset/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* With the onset of winter, the birds flew south.[↗](../../onset/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Drink water at the onset of a fever.[↗](../../onset/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The onset of the storm was sudden.[↗](../../onset/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In «ship», the onset is «sh».[↗](../../onset/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The game stopped at the onset of rain.[↗](../../onset/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Watch for the onset of tiredness on long walks.[↗](../../onset/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The onset of the illness was slow.[↗](../../onset/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Split each word into onset and rime.[↗](../../onset/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **onshore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* On the land, not at sea, as in "onshore wind farms".[↗](../../onshore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of wind) Blowing from the sea towards the land.[↗](../../onshore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (money, business) Inside a country rather than abroad.[↗](../../onshore/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Onshore wind farms are built on land.[↗](../../onshore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An onshore breeze blew in from the sea in the afternoon.[↗](../../onshore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The oil was brought onshore by pipeline.[↗](../../onshore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Surfers don't like an onshore wind because it spoils the waves.[↗](../../onshore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm moved onshore and caused flooding.[↗](../../onshore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In geography we compared onshore and offshore wind energy.[↗](../../onshore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **onside** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In football, rugby and hockey, onside means in a position where you are allowed to play the ball; it is the opposite of offside.[↗](../../onside/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) To get someone onside is to get them to agree with you and support you.[↗](../../onside/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The striker was onside when she scored.[↗](../../onside/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee checked and said he was onside.[↗](../../onside/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay onside until the ball is passed.[↗](../../onside/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We need to get Mum onside before we ask Dad for a puppy.[↗](../../onside/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach got the parents onside.[↗](../../onside/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The goal counted because the winger was onside.[↗](../../onside/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **onslaught** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An onslaught is a fierce, sudden attack, when many people or things rush at once.[↗](../../onslaught/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knights made a fierce onslaught on the castle gate.[↗](../../onslaught/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The army's onslaught scattered the enemy.[↗](../../onslaught/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm was a wild onslaught on the little village.[↗](../../onslaught/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ontological** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* About what exists and how things are, the nature of being.[↗](../../ontological/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The conception of Creation as a network of ontological interdependencies is perhaps apparent in the ‘231 gates’ referred to above in SY 2:4; see also SY 6:2.\][↗](../../ontological/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How did He combine them?[↗](../../ontological/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../ontological/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **onward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Onward means forward, going further on.[↗](../../onward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Onward means from a time and later: «from Monday onward».[↗](../../onward/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An onward journey is the next part of a trip.[↗](../../onward/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* From Monday onward she saves $2 a day.[↗](../../onward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · From page 10 onward the book has pictures.[↗](../../onward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship sailed onward.[↗](../../onward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · From then onward he ran every day.[↗](../../onward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tickets are for children aged 5 onwards.[↗](../../onward/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After a short rest, the explorers went onward.[↗](../../onward/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our onward train leaves in ten minutes.[↗](../../onward/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · From that day onward, the two were best friends.[↗](../../onward/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So they sailed onwards a long way farther.[↗](../../onward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.[↗](../../onward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.33.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys.[↗](../../onward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.40.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations; (Torah NUM.15.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they came onward together.[↗](../../onward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.48.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Benjamin from Geba onward, at Michmas and Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof; (Writings NEH.11.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onward/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide\![↗](../../onward/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.18.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onward/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **onyx** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A stone with bands of color, often black and white, used as a gem.[↗](../../onyx/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.[↗](../../onyx/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onyx/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone.[↗](../../onyx/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.2.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onyx/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.[↗](../../onyx/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.35.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onyx/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.[↗](../../onyx/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../onyx/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) … [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/10/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/23/) - ← previous: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/8/) - next →: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/page/10/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)