Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #3284: ya`anah (pronounced yah-an-aw')

feminine of 3283, and meaning the same:--+ owl.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ya‛ănâh

1) an unclean bird

1a) owl, ostrich, literally translated as "daughters of the owl"

1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from H3283

Usage:

This word is used 8 times:

 

Leviticus 11:16: " And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,"
Deuteronomy 14:15: " And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,"
Job 30:29: "a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. to owls."
Isaiah 13:21: "and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs"
Isaiah 34:13: "a habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. for owls."
Isaiah 43:20: "of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls: and the owls: because I give waters"
Jeremiah 50:39: "with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more"
Micah 1:8: "I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. as the owls."