Hebrew edit

Root
א־נ־ס (ʾ-n-s)

Noun edit

אונס / אֹנֶס ('ónesm (plural indefinite אונסים / אֳנָסִים, plural construct אונסי / אָנְסֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. coercion, compulsion
    • Tanach, Esther 1:8, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:
      וְהַשְּׁתִיָּה כַדָּת אֵין אֹנֵס
      vəhaššətiyyá kaddát ēn ónes
      The drinking was done according to the law, there was no compulsion
  2. circumstances causing something to be unavoidable
  3. rape