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Lexicon :: Strong's H3123 - yônâ

Aa
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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8 - Then he sent H7971 out H7971 a [fn]dove H3123, to see H7200 if the water H4325 was H7043 low H7043 on the [fn]surface H6440 of the land H127;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - but the dove H3123 found H4672 no H3808 resting H4494 place H4494 for the sole H3709 of its foot H7272, so it returned H7725 to him in the ark H8392, for the water H4325 was on the [fn]surface H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776. Then he put H7971 out H7971 his hand H3027 and took H3947 it, and brought H935 it into the ark H8392 to himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - So he waited H3176 another H312 seven H7651 days H3117 longer H5750; and again H3254 he sent H7971 out H7971 the dove H3123 from the ark H8392.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - And the dove H3123 came H935 to him in [fn]the evening H6153, and behold H2009, in its [fn]beak H6310 was a fresh H2965 olive H2132 leaf H5929. So Noah H5146 knew H3045 that the water H4325 was H7043 low H7043 on the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - Then he waited H3176 another H312 seven H7651 days H3117 longer H5750, and sent H7971 out H7971 the dove H3123; but it did not return H7725 to him again H3254.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 -

‘But if H518 his offering H7133 to the LORD H3068 is a burnt H5930 offering H5930 of birds H5775, then he shall bring H7126 his offering H7133 from the turtledoves H8449 or H176 from young H1121 doves H3123.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 -

‘But if H518 [fn]he cannot H3808 afford H5060 H3027 a lamb H7716, then he shall bring H935 to the LORD H3068 his guilt H817 offering H817 for that in which H834 he has sinned H2398, two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, one H259 as a sin H2403 offering H2403 and the other H259 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 -

‘But if H518 his [fn]means H3027 are H5381 insufficient H3808 H5381 for two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, then for his offering H7133 for that which H834 he has sinned H2398, he shall bring H935 the tenth H6224 of an [fn]ephah H374 of fine H5560 flour H5560 as a sin H2403 offering H2403; he shall not put H7760 oil H8081 on it or place H5414 incense H3828 on it, for it is a sin H2403 offering H2403.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 -

‘When the days H3117 of her purification H2892 are completed H4390, for a son H1121 or H176 for a daughter H1323, she shall bring H935 to the priest H3548 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 a one-year-old H8141 H1121 lamb H3532 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 and a young H1121 pigeon H3123 or H176 a turtledove H8449 as a [fn]sin H2403 offering H2403.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - ‘But if H518 [fn]she cannot H3808 afford H4672 H3027 a lamb H7716, then she shall take H3947 two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, the one H259 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 and the other H259 as a [fn]sin H2403 offering H2403; and the priest H3548 shall make H3722 atonement H3722 for her, and she will be H2891 clean H2891.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, which H834 [fn]are H5381 within H5381 his means H3027. The one H259 shall be a [fn]sin H2403 offering H2403, and the other H259 a burnt H5930 offering H5930.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “He shall then offer H6213 one H259 of the turtledoves H8449 or H176 young H1121 doves H3123, [fn]which H834 are H5381 within H5381 his means H3027.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - ‘Then on the eighth H8066 day H3117 he shall take H3947 for himself two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, and come H935 before H6440 the LORD H3068 to the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 and give H5414 them to the priest H3548;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - ‘Then on the eighth H8066 day H3117 she shall take H3947 for herself two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, and bring H935 them to the priest H3548, to the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - ‘Then on the eighth H8066 day H3117 he shall bring H935 two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123 to the priest H3548, to the entrance H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - So there was a severe H1419 famine H7458 in Samaria H8111; and behold H2009, they kept besieging H6696 H5921 it until H5704 a donkey’s H2543 head H7218 was sold for eighty H8084 shekels of silver H3701, and a fourth H7255 of a [fn]kab H6894 of dove’s H3123 dung H1686 for five H2568 shekels of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 -

I said H559, “Oh H4310 H5414, that I had H5414 wings H83 like a dove H3123!

I would fly H5774 away H5774 and [fn]be H7931 at H7931 rest H7931.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 -

For the music director; according to [fn]Jonath elem rehokim. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, [fn]when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, God H430, for a man H582 has [fn]trampled H7602 upon me;

[fn]Fighting H3898 all H3605 day H3117 long he oppresses H3905 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 -

[fn]When H518 you lie H7901 down H7901 among H996 the sheepfolds H8240,

You are like the wings H3671 of a dove H3123 covered H2645 with silver H3701,

And its pinions H84 with [fn]glistening H3422 gold H2742.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 -

The Groom

[fn]How H2009 beautiful H3303 you are, my darling H7474,

[fn]How H2009 beautiful H3303 you are!

Your eyes H5869 are like doves H3123.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 -

The Groom

“My dove H3123, in the clefts H2288 of the [fn]rock H5553,

In the hiding H5643 place H5643 of the mountain H4095 pathway H4095,

Let me see H7200 [fn]how H4758 you look H4758,

Let me hear H8085 your voice H6963;

For your voice H6963 is pleasant H6156,

And [fn]you look H4758 delightful H5000.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 -

[fn]How H2009 beautiful H3303 you are, my darling H7474,

[fn]How H2009 beautiful H3303 you are!

Your eyes H5869 are like doves H3123 behind H4480 H1157 your veil H6777;

Your hair H8181 is like a flock H5739 of goats H5795

That have descended H1570 from Mount H2022 Gilead H1568.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 -

The Bride

“I was asleep H3463 but my heart H3820 was awake H5782.

A voice H6963! My beloved H1730 was knocking H1849:

‘Open H6605 to me, my sister H269, my darling H7474,

My dove H3123, my perfect H8535 one H8535!

For my head H7218 is [fn]drenched H4390 with dew H2919,

My locks H6977 with the dew H7447 drops H7447 of the night H3915.’

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 -

“His eyes H5869 are like doves H3123

Beside H5921 streams H650 of water H4325,

Bathed H7364 in milk H2461,

And perched H3427 in their setting H4402.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 -

But my dove H3123, my perfect H8535 one H8535, is [fn]unique H259:

She is her mother’s H517 [fn]only H259 daughter;

She is the pure H1249 child of the one who gave H3205 birth H3205 to her.

The [fn]young H1323 women H1323 saw H7200 her and called H833 her [fn]blessed H833,

The queens H4436 and the concubines H6370 also, and they praised H1984 her, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 -

“Like a swallow H5483, like a crane H5693, so H3651 I twitter H6850;

I moan H1897 like a dove H3123;

My eyes H5869 look H1809 wistfully H1809 to the heights H4791;

Lord H3068, I am oppressed H6234, be H6148 my security H6148.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 -

All H3605 of us growl H1993 like bears H1677,

And moan H1897 sadly H1897 like doves H3123;

We hope H6960 for justice H4941, but there H369 is H369 none H369;

For salvation H3444, but it is H7368 far H7368 from us.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 -

“Who H4310 are these H428 who fly H5774 like a cloud H5645

And like the doves H3123 to their windows H699?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 -

“Leave H5800 the cities H5892 and live H7931 among the rocky H5553 cliffs H5553,

You inhabitants H3427 of Moab H4124,

And be like a dove H3123 that nests H7077

Beyond H5676 the mouth H6310 of the chasm H6354.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:16 - ‘Even when their survivors H6412 escape H6403, they will be on the mountains H2022 like doves H3123 of the valleys H1516, all H3605 of them moaning H1993, each H376 over his own wrongdoing H5771.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 -

So Ephraim H669 has become H1961 like a gullible H6601 dove H3123, without H369 [fn]sense H3820;

They call H7121 to Egypt H4714, they go H1980 to Assyria H804.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 -

They will come H2729 trembling H2729 like birds H6833 from Egypt H4714,

And like doves H3123 from the land H776 of Assyria H804;

And I will settle H3427 them in their houses H1004, declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 -

It is set H5324:

She is stripped H1540, she is led H5927 away H5927,

And her slave H519 women H519 are sobbing H5090 like the sound H6963 of doves H3123,

Beating H8608 their [fn]breasts H3824.

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