Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3123
יוֹנָה
yonahyo-naw'
dove
31 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yôwnâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3123is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3123
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
The King James renders it: dove, pigeon.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yonah is rendered "dove". It stands 31 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 8:8Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
Genesis 8:8הַיּוֹנָ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's thirty-one uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a dove9
- the dove7
- doves3
- and like the doves2
- dove my2
- like a dove2
- like the dove2
- and like a dove1
- like doves1
- like doves of1
- O dove my1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יוֹנֶקֶת | yoneqeth | shoot | Uses6 |
| יוֹנֵק | yoneq | sapling | Uses1 |
| יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים | yonath elem rechoqim | Dove on Far-off Terebinths | Usesnot recorded |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 31, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַיּוֹנָ֖ה3
- יוֹנָ֑ה3
- וְכַיּוֹנִ֖ים2
- יוֹנָ֔ה2
- יוֹנִ֔ים2
- יוֹנָתִ֣י2
- הַיּוֹנָ֨ה1
- הַיּוֹנָה֙1
- הַיּוֹנָ֔ה1
- הַיּוֹנָ֑ה1
- וּכְיוֹנָ֖ה1
- י֭וֹנָה1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular9HNcfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular7HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural2HC/Rd/Ncmpa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular2HR/Ncfsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HRd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular1HC/R/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1HR/Ncmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
Genesis
five uses
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
- הַיּוֹנָ֖הhaiyonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the dove
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.
- הַיּוֹנָ֨הhaiyonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the dove
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
- הַיּוֹנָ֖הhaiyonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the dove
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.
- הַיּוֹנָה֙haiyonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the dove
And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
- הַיּוֹנָ֔הhaiyonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the dove
Leviticus
nine uses
If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.
- הַיּוֹנָ֖הhaiyonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the dove
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.
- יוֹנָ֖הyonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a dove
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.
- יוֹנָה֒yonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a dove
When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
- יוֹנָ֥הyonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a dove
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
- יוֹנָ֔הyonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a dove
and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
- יוֹנָ֔הyonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a dove
Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,
- הַיּוֹנָ֑הhaiyonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the dove
On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.
- יוֹנָ֑הyonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a dove
On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- יוֹנָ֑הyonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a dove
Numbers
one use
On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- יוֹנָ֑הyonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a dove
Psalms
two uses
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
- כַּיּוֹנָ֗הkaiyonahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: like the dove
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
- י֭וֹנָהyonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a dove
Song of Solomon
six uses
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
- יוֹנִֽים׃yonimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: doves
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
- יוֹנָתִ֞יyonatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: O dove my
How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
- יוֹנִ֔יםyonimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: doves
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
- יוֹנָתִ֣יyonatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: dove my
His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
- כְּיוֹנִ֖יםkeyonimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like doves
but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
- יוֹנָתִ֣יyonatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: dove my
Isaiah
three uses
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- כַּיּוֹנָ֑הkaiyonahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: like the dove
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
- וְכַיּוֹנִ֖יםvekhaiyonimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and like the doves
Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
- וְכַיּוֹנִ֖יםvekhaiyonimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and like the doves
Jeremiah
one use
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
- כְיוֹנָ֔הkheyonahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: like a dove
Ezekiel
one use
The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
- כְּיוֹנֵ֧יkeyoneipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like doves of
Hosea
two uses
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
- כְּיוֹנָ֥הkeyonahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: like a dove
They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.
- וּכְיוֹנָ֖הukheyonahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and like a dove
Nahum
one use
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
- יוֹנִ֔יםyonimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: doves
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.