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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 BoxGen 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8 - And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 - And if his offering to the Lord is a burned offering of birds, then he is to make his offering of doves or of young pigeons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - And if he has not money enough for a lamb, then let him give, for his offering to the Lord, two doves or two young pigeons; one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - But if he has not enough money for two doves or two young pigeons, then let him give, for the sin he has done, the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, for a sin-offering; let him put no oil on it, and no perfume, for it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - And when the days are ended for making her clean for a son or a daughter, let her take to the priest at the door of the Tent of meeting, a lamb of the first year for a burned offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin-offering:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - And if she has not money enough for a lamb, then let her take two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burned offering and the other for a sin-offering, and the priest will take away her sin and she will be clean,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - And two doves or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and one will be for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - And he will make an offering of one of the doves or the young pigeons, such as he is able to get;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - And on the eighth day he is to take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the door of the Tent of meeting and give them to the priest:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - And on the eighth day let her get two doves or two young pigeons and take them to the priest to the door of the Tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - And on the eighth day let him take to the priest, at the door of the Tent of meeting, two doves or two young pigeons;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 - And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.> Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the water streams, washed with milk, and rightly placed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16 - And those of them who get away safely will go and be in the secret places like the doves of the valleys, all of them will come to death, every one in his sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - Shaking with fear like a bird, they will come out of Egypt, like a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will give them rest in their houses, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.
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