TBESH · H3123
יוֹנָה · yo.nah · dove
dove, pigeon
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yo.nah H3123
יוֹנָה (yo.nah) means “dove” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
יוֹנָה Hebrew · H3123 31 tagged occurrences in 31 verses
Pronunciation guide: yo-naw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
probably from the same as H3196 (יַיִן); a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV glosses: dove, pigeon.
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How translators render H3123
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| pigeons | 8 |
| are like doves | 3 |
| like a dove | 3 |
| like doves | 3 |
| pigeon | 2 |
| the dove | 2 |
| a dove | 1 |
| and like doves | 1 |
| but my dove | 1 |
| but the dove | 1 |
| dove | 1 |
| doves | 1 |
| my dove | 1 |
| o my dove | 1 |
| of the dove | 1 |
| the dove again | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| pigeons | 9 |
| doves | 2 |
| like doves | 2 |
| my dove | 2 |
| of doves | 2 |
| the dove | 2 |
| a dove | 1 |
| and as a dove | 1 |
| and as the doves | 1 |
| and be like the dove | 1 |
| and the dove | 1 |
| as a dove | 1 |
| but the dove | 1 |
| dove | 1 |
| like a dove | 1 |
| o my dove | 1 |
| of a dove | 1 |
| of doves dung | 1 |
| pigeon | 1 |
Verses containing H3123
Page 1 of 1. 31 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 8:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
Read word by word - Genesis 8:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Genesis 8:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
Read word by word - Genesis 8:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Genesis 8:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
Read word by word - Leviticus 1:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.
Read word by word - Leviticus 5:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Leviticus 5:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Leviticus 12:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Leviticus 12:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’”
Read word by word - Leviticus 14:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
Read word by word - Leviticus 14:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,
Read word by word - Leviticus 15:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Leviticus 15:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 6:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Read word by word - Psalms 55:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 55.7
- Psalms 68:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.14
- Song of Solomon 1:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 2:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 4:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 5:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 5:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 6:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Isaiah 38:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 59:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
Read word by word - Isaiah 60:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 7:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
Read word by word - Hosea 7:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
Read word by word - Hosea 11:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Nahum 2:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.8