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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8 - And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - and the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters are on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - and the dove cometh in unto him at even-time, and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth; and Noah knoweth that the waters have been lightened from off the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 - 'And if his offering is a burnt-offering out of the fowl to Jehovah, than he hath brought near his offering out of the turtle-doves or out of the young pigeons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - 'And if his hand reach not to the sufficiency of a lamb, then he hath brought in his guilt-offering -- he who hath sinned -- two turtle-doves or two young pigeons to Jehovah, one for a sin-offering, and one for a burnt-offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - 'And if his hand reach not to two turtle-doves, or to two young pigeons, then he hath brought in his offering -- he who hath sinned -- a tenth of an ephah of flour for a sin-offering; he putteth no oil on it, nor doth he put on it frankincense, for it is a sin-offering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - 'And in the fulness of the days of her cleansing for son or for daughter she doth bring in a lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin-offering, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, unto the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - 'And if her hand find not the sufficiency of a sheep, then she hath taken two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, one for a burnt-offering, and one for a sin-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, which his hand reacheth to, and one hath been a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - 'And he hath made the one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons (from that which his hand reacheth to,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - 'And on the eighth day he taketh to himself two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and hath come in before Jehovah unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hath given them unto the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - and on the eighth day she taketh to herself two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and hath brought them in unto the priest, unto the opening of the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - and on the eighth day he bringeth in two turtle-doves or two young pigeons unto the priest, unto the opening of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 - And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - To the Overseer. -- 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - Lo, thou art fair, my friend, Lo, thou art fair, thine eyes are doves!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice is sweet, and thy appearance comely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - Lo, thou art fair, my friend, lo, thou art fair, Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled with dew, My locks with drops of the night.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - One is my dove, my perfect one, One she is of her mother, The choice one she is of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression is on me, be my surety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these -- as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16 - And escaped away have their fugitives, And they have been on the mountains As doves of the valleys, All of them make a noising -- each for his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on -- to Asshur they have gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - They tremble as a sparrow out of Egypt, And as a dove out of the land of Asshur, And I have caused them to dwell in their own houses, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - And it is established -- she hath removed, She hath been brought up, And her handmaids are leading as the voice of doves, Tabering on their hearts.
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