H3123 יוֹנָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 31 KJV occurrences
יוֹנָה
yôwnâh · yo-naw'
Definition
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV Renderings
dove, pigeon.
Derivation / Etymology
probably from the same as H3196 (יַיִן);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 31)
- Genesis 8:8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
- Genesis 8:11And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
- Leviticus 5:11¶ But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 14:30And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
- Psalms 55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
- Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, 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.
- Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Ezekiel 7:16¶ 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.