Yoneqet יוֹנֶ֫קֶת
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| יוֹנֶ֫קֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yoneqet |
| Strong's number | H3127 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | shoot |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (3) |
Yoneqet (Hebrew יוֹנֶ֫קֶת, Strong's H3127) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “shoot”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
young plant, twig, young shoot
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | branches (3), branch (2), twigs (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | its shoots (2), his shoots (2), its tender shoots (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yoneqet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 8:16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
- Job 14:7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
- Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Psalms
- Psalm 80:11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 17:22Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Hosea
- Hosea 14:6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).