Strong's Lexicon

H3123

H3123 — יוֹנָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewyownahnoun femOccurrences: 31TWOT: 854a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3123
Word:יוֹנָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:probably from the same as H3196
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:31
Transliteration:yownah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yo-naw'
Meaning:1. a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV Renderings:dove, pigeon.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3081

[חֶרֶא, or חֲרִי] noun [masculine] dung (Late Hebrew חרא (י_), id.; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1940] id.; Mandean חרא (on this and cognate languages in general see NöM 56); Arabic [untranscribed source text 1941] id., whence verb [untranscribed source text 1942] of act, and noun [untranscribed source text 1943] of place; Amharic [untranscribed source text 1944] (DiLex. Aeth. 88)) — plural suffix חַרְאֵיהֶם Isa 36:12 Kt ( Qr צוֺאָתָם); || 2Kgs 18:27 has חֲרִיהֶם (see singular חרי 2Kgs 6:25 Qr as above); חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung 2Kgs 6:25 Kt ( Qr דִּבִיוֺנִים); see, further, GeiUrschrift, 409.


BDB3499

I. יוֺנָה noun feminine dove (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id., [untranscribed source text 2199]) — absolute יוֺנָה Gen 8:8 + 20 t.; construct יוֺנֵת Ps 56:1 suffix יוֺנָתִי Song 2:14 + 2 t.; plural יוֺנִים Nah 2:8 + 6 t.; construct יוֺנֵי Ezek 7:16 (see below); — dove Gen 8:8; Gen 8:9; Gen 8:10; Gen 8:11; Gen 8:12 (all J ); often of offerings, בֶּןיֿוֺנָה Lev 12:6 ( P ; an individual of the species; || תֹּר); בְּנֵי (ה)יוֺנִים || תֹּרִיםׅ Lev 1:14; Lev 5:7; Lev 5:11; Lev 12:8; Lev 14:22; Lev 14:30; Lev 15:14; Lev 15:29; Num 6:10 (all P ); חֲרִי יוֺנִים dove's dung 2Kgs 6:25 ( Kt , yet see GeiUrschrift 409); in various similes: Ephraim is כְּיוֺנָה פּוֺתָה like a silly dove Hos 7:11 (allowing itself to be snared); simile of return of exiles, like eager flight of doves Hos 11:11, of ships with white outspread sails Isa 60:8 אֵבֶר כַּיּוֺנָה Ps 55:7 see also כַּנְפֵי יוֺנָה Ps 68:14 simile of fugitive Moab Jer 48:28 also כְּיוֺנֵי הַגֵּאָיוֺת Ezek 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 Nah 2:8 without קוֺל, הגה כיונים Isa 38:14; Isa 59:11 (from mournful note); figurative of beauty (only Canticles): עֵינַיִךְ יוֺנִים thine eyes are (those of) doves Song 1:15; Song 4:1, see also v Song 4:12 term of endearment, יוֺנָתִי my dove Song 2:14; Song 5:2; Song 6:9. Elsewhere only Ps 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.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יונֶה (yoh-nah')

Genesis 8:8

KJV: Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
EHCC: he sent forth a dove from him,

Leviticus 1:14

KJV: And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
EHCC: of turtledoves, or of young pigeons,

Leviticus 5:7

KJV: And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.he be…: Heb. his hand cannot reach to the sufficiency of a lamb
EHCC: committed, two turtledoves, or two young

Leviticus 12:6

KJV: And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:of the first…: Heb. a son of his year
EHCC: ¢ young pigeon, or a turtledove,

Leviticus 14:22

KJV: And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
EHCC: two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,

Leviticus 15:14

KJV: And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
EHCC: two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,

Numbers 6:10

KJV: And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
EHCC: two turtles, or two young pigeons,

Psalms 55:6

KJV: And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
EHCC: (7). Oh that I had wings like a dove!

Psalms 68:18

KJV: Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.for men: Heb. in the man
EHCC: (14). (yet shall ye be as) the wings of a

Song of Songs 1:15

KJV: Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.my love: or, my companion
EHCC: thou (art) fair; thou (hast) doves’ eyes.

Song of Songs 2:14

KJV: O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
EHCC: O my dove, (that art) in the clefts of the

Song of Songs 4:1

KJV: Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.that…: or, that eat of, etc
EHCC: thow (hast) doves’ eyes within thy locks:

Song of Songs 5:2

KJV: I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
EHCC: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove,

Song of Songs 6:9

KJV: My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
EHCC: Ms dove, my undefiled is (but) one;

Isaiah 88:14

EHCC: 1 did mourn as a dove:

Isaiah 59:11

KJV: We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
EHCC: all like bears, and mourn sore like doves:

Isaiah 60:8

KJV: Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
EHCC: and as the doves to their windows?

Jeremiah 48:28

KJV: O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
EHCC: be like the dove (that) maketh her nest

Ezekiel 7:16

KJV: But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
EHCC: ashall be on the mountains like doves of

Hosea 7:11

KJV: Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
EHCC: Ephraim also is like a silly dove

Hosea 11:1

KJV: When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
EHCC: and as a dove out of the en ee

Nahum 2:7

KJV: And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.Huzzab: or, that which was established, or, there was a stand madeled…: or, discovered
EHCC: (8).lead (her) as with the voice of
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