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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

H3284

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:16 - the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:15 - the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29 - I am a brother of jackals
and a companion of ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - But wild animals will lie down there,
and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there ostriches[fn] will dwell,
and there wild goats will dance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
an abode for ostriches.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The wild beasts will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches,
for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - “Therefore wild beasts shall dwell with hyenas in Babylon,[fn] and ostriches shall dwell in her. She shall never again have people, nor be inhabited for all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - For this I will lament and wail;
I will go stripped and naked;
I will make lamentation like the jackals,
and mourning like the ostriches.
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