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Lexicon :: Strong's H3284 - yaʿănâ

Aa
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 BoxLev 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:16 - And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:15 - And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk and birds of that sort;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29 - I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - But the beasts of the waste land will have their holes there; and the houses will be full of crying jackals, and ostriches will have their place there, and evil spirits will be dancing there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.
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