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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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, every species of hawk,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:15 - and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any variety,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29 -

“I am a brother to [howling] jackals,

And a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 -

But desert creatures will lie down there,

And their houses will be full of owls;

Ostriches also will live there, and [fn]wild goats will dance there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 -

Thorns will come up in its fortified palaces,

Nettles and brambles in its fortified cities;

It will be a haunt for jackals,

An abode for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 -

“The beasts of the field will honor Me,

Jackals and ostriches,

Because I have given waters in the wilderness

And rivers in the desert,

To give drink to My people, My chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 -

“Therefore [fn]wild beasts of the desert will live there [in Babylon] with the jackals;

The ostriches also will live there,

And it will never again be inhabited [with people]

Or lived in from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 -

Because of this I [Micah] must lament (mourn over with expressions of grief) and wail,

I must go barefoot and naked [without outer garments as if robbed];

I must wail like the jackals

And lament [with a loud, mournful cry] like the ostriches.

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