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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 - He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 - “If you present a bird as a burnt offering to the LORD, choose either a turtledove or a young pigeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - “But if you cannot afford to bring a sheep, you may bring to the LORD two turtledoves or two young pigeons as the penalty for your sin. One of the birds will be for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - “If you cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, you may bring two quarts[fn] of choice flour for your sin offering. Since it is an offering for sin, you must not moisten it with olive oil or put any frankincense on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - “When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - “If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - The offering must also include two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for the sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] and give his offerings to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - On the eighth day she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - On the eighth day they must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - As a result, there was a great famine in the city. The siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five pieces[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 - Oh, that I had wings like a dove;
then I would fly away and rest!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune “Dove on Distant Oaks.”

O God, have mercy on me,
for people are hounding me.
My foes attack me all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - Even those who lived among the sheepfolds found treasures—
doves with wings of silver
and feathers of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - Young Man
How beautiful you are, my darling,
how beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - Young Man
My dove is hiding behind the rocks,
behind an outcrop on the cliff.
Let me see your face;
let me hear your voice.
For your voice is pleasant,
and your face is lovely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - Young Man
You are beautiful, my darling,
beautiful beyond words.
Your eyes are like doves
behind your veil.
Your hair falls in waves,
like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - Young Woman
I slept, but my heart was awake,
when I heard my lover knocking and calling:
“Open to me, my treasure, my darling,
my dove, my perfect one.
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes sparkle like doves
beside springs of water;
they are set like jewels
washed in milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - I would still choose my dove, my perfect one—
the favorite of her mother,
dearly loved by the one who bore her.
The young women see her and praise her;
even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We growl like hungry bears;
we moan like mournful doves.
We look for justice, but it never comes.
We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - “And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel,
like doves to their nests?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - “You people of Moab,
flee from your towns and live in the caves.
Hide like doves that nest
in the clefts of the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16 - The survivors who escape to the mountains
will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - “The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves,
first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt.
Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria.
And I will bring them home again,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - Nineveh’s exile has been decreed,
and all the servant girls mourn its capture.
They moan like doves
and beat their breasts in sorrow.
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