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Lexicon :: Strong's H3123 - yônâ

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יוֹנָה
Transliteration
yônâ
Pronunciation
yo-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same as יַיִן (H3196)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 854a

Strong’s Definitions

יוֹנָה yôwnâh, yo-naw'; probably from the same as H3196; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating):—dove, pigeon.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H3123 in the following manner: dove (21x), pigeon (10x), variant (with H1686) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H3123 in the following manner: dove (21x), pigeon (10x), variant (with H1686) (1x).
  1. dove, pigeon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יוֹנָה yôwnâh, yo-naw'; probably from the same as H3196; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating):—dove, pigeon.
STRONGS H3123: Abbreviations
† I. יוֺנָה noun feminine dove (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id., bdb040102) — absolute יוֺנָה Genesis 8:8 + 20 times; construct יוֺנֵת [H3128 Psalm 56:1]; suffix יוֺנָתִי Songs 2:14 + 2 times; plural יוֺנִים Nahum 2:8 [Nahum 2:7] + 6 times; construct יוֺנֵי Ezekiel 7:16 (see below); — dove Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:12 (all J); often of offerings, בֶּןיֿוֺנָה Leviticus 12:6 (P; an individual of the species; || תֹּר); בְּנֵי (ה)יוֺנִים || תֹּרִיםׅ Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 5:11; Leviticus 12:8; Leviticus 14:22, Leviticus 14:30; Leviticus 15:14, Leviticus 15:29; Numbers 6:10 (all P); חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung 2 Kings 6:25 (Kt, yet see GeiUrschrift 409); in various similes: Ephraim is כְּיוֺנָה פּוֹתָה like a silly dove Hosea 7:11 (allowing itself to be snared); simile of return of exiles, like eager flight of doves Hosea 11:11, of ships with white outspread sails Isaiah 60:8; אֵבֶר כַּיּוֺנָה Psalm 55:7 [Psalm 55:6]; see also כַּנְפֵי יוֺנָה Psalm 68:14 [Psalm 68:13]; simile of fugitive Moab Jeremiah 48:28; also כְּיוֺנֵי הַגֵּאָיוֺת Ezekiel 7:16 like the doves of the valleys (but on text see Co, who emends כיונים הוֺגִיּוֺת, but regards phrase as gloss): simile of mourning כְּקוֺל יוֺנִים Nahum 2:8 [Nahum 2:7]; without קוֺל, הגה כיונים Isaiah 38:14; Isaiah 59:11 (from mournful note); figurative of beauty (only Canticles): עֵינַיִךְ יוֺנִים thine eyes are (those of) doves Songs 1:15; Songs 4:1, see also Songs 4:12; term of endearment, יוֺנָתִי my dove Songs 2:14; Songs 5:2; Songs 6:9. Elsewhere only [H3128 Psalm 56:1] (title) (עַל) יוֺנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים probably name of melody: To 'the dove of distant terebinths' (read אֵלִים for אֵלֶם; see אֵלֶם above, and BaePsalms, p. xvii). — On sanctity of dove among Shemites, see RSSemitic i. 202, 275.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:8; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 8:11; 8:12

Leviticus

1:14; 5:7; 5:11; 12:6; 12:8; 14:22; 14:30; 15:14; 15:29

Numbers

6:10

2 Kings

6:25

Psalms

55:6; 68:13

Song of Songs

1:15; 2:14; 2:14; 4:1; 4:12; 5:2; 6:9

Isaiah

38:14; 59:11; 60:8

Jeremiah

48:28

Ezekiel

7:16; 7:16

Hosea

7:11; 11:11

Nahum

2:7; 2:7

H3123

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3123 matches the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâ),
which occurs 33 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8 - Then he sent out a dove H3123 from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - but the dove H3123 found no resting place for the sole of its foot, so it returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the [fn]surface of all the earth. Then he stretched out his hand and took it and brought it into the ark to himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - Then he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove H3123 from the ark.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - And the dove H3123 came to him toward [fn]evening, and behold, in its [fn]beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - Then he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove H3123; but it did not return to him again.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 -

‘But if his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring near his offering from the turtledoves or from young pigeons H3123.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 -

‘But if [fn]he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to Yahweh his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young pigeons H3123, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 -

‘But if his [fn]means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons H3123, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not place oil on it or put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 -

‘When the days of her cleansing are fulfilled, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon H3123 or a turtledove for a sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - ‘But if [fn]she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons H3123, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two turtledoves or two young pigeons H3123 which [fn]are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons H3123, [fn]which are within his means.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons H3123 and come before Yahweh to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - ‘Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons H3123 and bring them in to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons H3123 to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - Now there was a great famine in Samaria. And behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for [fn]eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a [fn]kab of dove’s H3123 dung for five shekels of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 -

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove H3123!

I would fly away and [fn]be at rest.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 -

For the choir director. According to [fn]Jonath Elem Rehokim. A [fn]Mikhtam of David. [fn]When the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has [fn]trampled upon me;

All day long, an attacker oppresses me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 -

If you men lie down among the [fn]sheepfolds,

You all would be like the wings of a dove H3123 covered with silver,

And its pinions with glistening gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 -

[fn]Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,

Behold, you are beautiful!

Your eyes are like doves H3123.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 -

[fn]O my dove H3123, in the clefts of the [fn]rock,

In the secret place of the steep [fn]pathway,

Let me see your appearance,

Let me hear your voice;

For your voice is sweet,

And your appearance is lovely.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 -

[fn]Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,

Behold, you are beautiful!

Your eyes are like doves H3123 behind your veil;

Your hair is like a flock of goats

That have leapt down from Mount Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 -

[fn]I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

A voice! My beloved was knocking:

‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,

My dove H3123, my perfect one!

For my head is full of dew,

My locks with the [fn]damp of the night.’

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 -

“His eyes are like doves H3123

Beside streams of water,

Washed in milk,

And sitting in their setting.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 -

She is the only one—my dove H3123, my perfect one;

She is the only one of her mother;

She is the pure one of her who bore her.

The daughters saw her and called her blessed,

The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 -

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirped;

I moan like a dove H3123;

My eyes look wistfully to the heights;

O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 -

All of us growl like bears,

And moan sadly like doves H3123;

We hope for justice, but there is none,

For salvation, but it is far from us.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 -

“Who are these who fly like a cloud

And like the doves H3123 to their [fn]lattices?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 -

“Leave the cities and dwell among the crags,

O inhabitants of Moab,

And be like a dove H3123 that nests

Beyond the mouth of the chasm.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16 - ‘Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves H3123 of the valleys, all of them moaning, each over his own iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 -

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove H3123, without a heart of wisdom;

They call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 -

They will come trembling like birds from Egypt

And like doves H3123 from the land of Assyria;

And I will settle them in their houses, declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 -

So it stands fixed:

She is exiled, she is carried away,

And her maidservants are moaning like the sound of doves H3123,

Beating on their hearts.

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