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Lexicon :: Strong's H3284 - yaʿănâ

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יַעֲנָה
Transliteration
yaʿănâ
Pronunciation
yah-an-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 884b

Strong’s Definitions

יַעֲנָה yaʻănâh, yah-an-aw'; feminine of H3283, and meaning the same:—owl.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3284 in the following manner: owl (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3284 in the following manner: owl (8x).
  1. an unclean bird

    1. owl, ostrich, literally translated as "daughters of the owl"

    2. perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יַעֲנָה yaʻănâh, yah-an-aw'; feminine of H3283, and meaning the same:—owl.
STRONGS H3284: Abbreviations
יַעֲנָה noun feminine greed (?); — only in בַּתהַֿיַּעֲנָה Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15; בְּנוֺתיַֿעֲנָה Micah 1:8 5 times; — ostrich, (see √ יען above); as wailing (simile of mourning) Micah 1:8 (|| תַּנִּים); symbolic of loneliness Job 30:29 (יַעֲ׳ אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לב׳); of desolation, as dwelling among ruins Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 34:13 (|| תַּנִּים), Jeremiah 50:39; dwelling in desert Isaiah 43:20 (|| תַּנִּים); unclean fowl Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

11:16; 11:16

Deuteronomy

14:15; 14:15

Job

30:29

Isaiah

13:21; 34:13; 43:20

Jeremiah

50:39

Micah

1:8; 1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3284 matches the Hebrew יַעֲנָה (yaʿănâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:16 -

“ostriches,[fn]

short-eared owls, gulls,[fn]

any kind of hawk,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:15 -

“ostriches,

short-eared owls, gulls,

any kind of hawk,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29 -

I have become a brother to jackals

and a companion of ostriches.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 -

But desert creatures will lie down there,

and owls will fill the houses.

Ostriches will dwell there,

and wild goats will leap about.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 -

Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;

her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.

She will become a dwelling for jackals,

an abode[fn] for ostriches.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 -

“Wild animals —

jackals and ostriches ​— ​will honor me,

because I provide water in the wilderness,

and rivers in the desert,

to give drink to my chosen people.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 -

Therefore, desert creatures[fn] will live with hyenas,

and ostriches will also live in her.

It will never again be inhabited

or lived in through all generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 -

Because of this I will lament and wail;

I will walk barefoot and naked.

I will howl like the jackals

and mourn like ostriches.[fn]

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