יוֹנָה
yôwnâh · yo-naw'
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably from the same as H3196 (יַיִן);
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dove, pigeon.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pigeons9 · 28%
- the dove2 · 6%
- thou hast doves2 · 6%
- my dove2 · 6%
- like doves2 · 6%
- a dove1 · 3%
- but the dove1 · 3%
- and the dove1 · 3%
- pigeon1 · 3%
- of dove's dung1 · 3%
- like a dove1 · 3%
- of a dove1 · 3%
- o my dove1 · 3%
- are as the eyes of doves1 · 3%
- as a dove1 · 3%
- and as the doves1 · 3%
- and be like the dove1 · 3%
- dove1 · 3%
- and as a dove1 · 3%
- of doves1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.