H3123 - יוֹנָה (yôwnâh)

H3123 יוֹנָה (yôwnâh) yo-naw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

dove

Strong's Definition

a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)

Derivation: probably from the same as H3196 (יַיִן);

KJV Usage: dove, pigeon.

TWOT Reference: 854a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dove, pigeon

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4058

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

dove, pigeon

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יוֹנָה yônâh BDB Definition: 1) dove, pigeon Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably from the same as H3196 Same Word by TWOT Number: 854a Total KJV Occurrences: 31

Bible Occurrences (25)

8:8 8:9 8:10 8:11 8:12

1:14 5:7 5:11 12:6 12:8 14:22 14:30 15:14 15:29

6:10

55:6 68:13

38:14 59:11 60:8

48:28

7:16

7:11 11:11

2:7

Genesis 8:8

Then [Noah] sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no place to rest her foot..., and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters [were still] covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand... and brought her back inside the ark.

Genesis 8:10

[Noah] waited... seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

Genesis 8:11

And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening... with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Genesis 8:12

[And] Noah waited... seven more days and sent out the dove {again}, but this time...... she did not return to him.

Leviticus 1:14

If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present...... a turtledove or... a young pigeon.

Leviticus 5:7

If, however, he cannot afford...... a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons — one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

Leviticus 5:11

But if he cannot afford... two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil......... or frankincense on it, because it [is] a sin offering.