Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3284: יַעֲנָה

yaʻănâh · pronounced yah-an-aw' · “ostrich”

Definition

{the ostrich (probably from its answering cry}

KJV translates it as: [phrase] owl.

Word origin: feminine of H3283 (יָעֵן), and meaning the same

Extended definition

1) an unclean bird
1a) owl, ostrich, literally translated as "daughters of the owl"
1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3284 is translated

  • an ostrich ×6
  • ostrich ×2

Bible verses with H3284 (yaʻănâh)

Yaʻănâh appears in 8 verses.

  • Leviticus 11:16

    And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

  • Deuteronomy 14:15

    And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

  • Job 30:29

    I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

  • Isaiah 13:21

    But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

  • Isaiah 34:13

    And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

  • Isaiah 43:20

    The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

  • Jeremiah 50:39

    Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.

  • Micah 1:8

    Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.