Yonah יוֹנָה

Yonah (Hebrew יוֹנָה, Strong's H3123) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “dove”. It occurs 31 times in 31 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Yonah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 8:8
  Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
• Genesis 8:9
  But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.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.
• Genesis 8:10
  And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
• Genesis 8:11
  And 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.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.
• Genesis 8:12
  And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 1:14
  And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.
• Leviticus 5:7
  And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.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.
• 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.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.
• Leviticus 12:6
  And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: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.
• Leviticus 12:8
  And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.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.’”
• Leviticus 14:22
  And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
• Leviticus 14:30
  And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,
• Leviticus 15:14
  And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: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.
• Leviticus 15:29
  And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.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.

Numbers

• Numbers 6:10
  And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Psalms

• Psalm 55:6
  And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
• Psalm 68:13
  Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 1:15
  Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
• Song of Solomon 2:14
  O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.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.
• Song of Solomon 4:1
  Behold, 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.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.
• Song of Solomon 5:2
  I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.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.”
• Song of Solomon 5:12
  His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
• Song of Solomon 6:9
  My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.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.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 38:14
  Like 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.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.”
• Isaiah 59:11
  We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
• Isaiah 60:8
  Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 48:28
  O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.

Ezekiel

• 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.The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.

Hosea

• Hosea 7:11
  Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
• Hosea 11:11
  They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.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.

Nahum

• Nahum 2:7
  And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).