Lexicon :: Strong's H3123 - yônâ

Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth’s surface had gone down,

“If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present his offering from the turtledoves or young pigeons.[fn]

“But if he cannot afford an animal from the flock, then he may bring to the LORD two turtledoves or two young pigeons as penalty for guilt for his sin ​— ​one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

“But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring two quarts[fn] of fine flour[fn] as an offering for his sin. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

“When her days of purification are complete, whether for a son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin[fn] offering.

“But if she doesn’t have sufficient means[fn] for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.”

“and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whatever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

“He is to then sacrifice one type of what he can afford, either the turtledoves or young pigeons,

“He must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons on the eighth day, come before the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest.

“On the eighth day she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

So there was a severe famine in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for thirty-four ounces[fn] of silver, and a cup[fn] of dove’s dung[fn] sold for two ounces[fn] of silver.

I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and find rest.

Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me;

he fights and oppresses me all day long.

While[fn] you lie among the sheep pens,[fn]

the wings of a dove are covered with silver,

and its feathers with glistening gold.

How beautiful you are, my darling.

How very beautiful!

Your eyes are doves.

My dove, in the clefts of the rock,

in the crevices of the cliff,

let me see your face,[fn]

let me hear your voice;

for your voice is sweet,

and your face is lovely.

How beautiful you are, my darling.

How very beautiful!

Behind your veil,

your eyes are doves.

Your hair is like a flock of goats

streaming down Mount Gilead.

I was sleeping, but my heart was awake.

A sound! My love was knocking!

Open to me, my sister, my darling,

my dove, my perfect one.

For my head is drenched with dew,

my hair with droplets of the night.

His eyes are like doves

beside flowing streams,

washed in milk

and set like jewels.[fn]

But my dove, my virtuous one, is unique;

she is the favorite of her mother,

perfect to the one who gave her birth.

Women see her and declare her fortunate;

queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;

I moan like a dove.

My eyes grow weak looking upward.

Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

We all growl like bears

and moan like doves.

We hope for justice, but there is none;

for salvation, but it is far from us.

Who are these who fly like a cloud,

like doves to their shelters?

Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs,

residents of Moab!

Be like a dove

that nests inside the mouth of a cave.

The survivors among them will escape

and live on the mountains.

Like doves of the valley,

all of them will moan,

each over his own iniquity.

So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove;

they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.

They will be roused like birds from Egypt

and like doves from the land of Assyria.

Then I will settle them in their homes.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Beauty[fn] is stripped;[fn]

she is carried away;

her ladies-in-waiting moan

like the sound of doves

and beat their breasts.