H3127 - יוֹנֶקֶת (yôwneqeth)

H3127 יוֹנֶקֶת (yôwneqeth) yo-neh'-keth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shoot

Strong's Definition

a sprout

Derivation: feminine of H3126 (יוֹנֵק);

KJV Usage: (tender) branch, young twig.

TWOT Reference: 874b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) young plant, twig, young shoot

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G2798

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

young plant, twig, young shoot

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יוֹנֶקֶת yôneqeth BDB Definition: 1) young plant, twig, young shoot Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3126 Same Word by TWOT Number: 874b Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (6)

8:16 14:7 15:30

80:11

17:22

14:6

Job 8:16

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

Job 14:7

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

Job 15:30

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Ezekiel 17:22

This is what the Lord GOD says: I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set [it] out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Hosea 14:6

His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like [the cedars of] Lebanon.