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H3123 יוֹנָה (yôwnâh) yo-naw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

probably from the same as 3196; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)

KJV Usage: dove, pigeon

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יוֹנָה (yo.nah) — dove. dove, pigeon

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f

Birds

dove, pigeon = a bird with a blue-gray color with a pinkish sheen to the neck feathers and a black tip on its tail; lives in large colonies and eats mainly seeds; courts, mates, and has nests several times a year; nests on rock ledges; ◄ |iColumba livia|i*; ► used as food and for sacrifices; ≈ regarded as swift, docile, and innocent, but also as silly and senseless; associated with affection, fertility and sexuality because of its mating habits; the moaning sound this bird sometimes makes is associated with pain and suffering

GEN 8:8 · GEN 8:9 · GEN 8:10 · GEN 8:11 · GEN 8:12 · LEV 1:14 · LEV 5:7 · LEV 5:11 · LEV 12:6 · LEV 12:8 · LEV 14:22 · LEV 14:30 · LEV 15:14 · LEV 15:29 · NUM 6:10 · PSA 55:7 · PSA 56:1 · PSA 68:14 · SNG 1:15 · SNG 2:14 · SNG 4:1 · SNG 5:2 · SNG 5:12 · SNG 6:9 · ISA 38:14 · ISA 59:11 · ISA 60:8 · JER 48:28 · EZK 7:16 · HOS 7:11 · HOS 11:11 · NAM 2:8

name

Names of People

Jonah = man; ◄ son of Amittai; ► prophet who was sent to preach against Nineveh

2KI 14:25 · JON 1:1 · JON 1:3 · JON 1:5 · JON 1:7 · JON 1:15 · JON 2:1 · JON 2:1 · JON 2:2 · JON 2:11 · JON 3:1 · JON 3:3 · JON 3:4 · JON 4:1 · JON 4:5 · JON 4:6 · JON 4:6 · JON 4:8 · JON 4:9

1 2KI 6:25 MT-K HOTTP-B חרי יונים | MT-Q RSV NJPS NRSV GNT CEV דִּבְיֹונִים = MT-K | NIV "seed pods" NJB "wild onions" REB "locust-beans" = חַרְצָן ?

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יוֹנָה n.f. dove base

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