# H3123 יוֹנָה

יוֹנָה (yôwnâh), Strong’s H3123: a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating) KJV: dove, pigeon.. Occurs 32 times.

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*yôwnâh* — a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)

KJV: dove, pigeon.

Derived from [יַיִן yayin](https://besorah.bible/word/H3196) (wine)

Occurs 32 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- יוֹנָה n.f. dove

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 8:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=8) — He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
- [Genesis 8:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=9) — but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned into the ship to him, for the waters were on the surface…
- [Genesis 8:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=10) — He waited yet another seven days; and again he sent the dove out of the ship.
- [Genesis 8:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=11) — The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the…
- [Genesis 8:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=12) — He waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she didn’t return to him any more.
- [Leviticus 1:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/1?v=14) — “‘If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering from turtledoves or of…
- [Leviticus 5:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=7) — “‘If he can’t afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass offering for that in which he has sinned, two…
- [Leviticus 5:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/5?v=11) — “‘But if he can’t afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for that in which he…
- [Leviticus 12:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/12?v=6) — “‘When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the…
- [Leviticus 12:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/12?v=8) — If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons: the one for a burnt offering…