Yôwnêq — H3126

Definition

masculine noun

a sucker; hence, a twig (of a tree felled and sprouting)

1. sucker, suckling, sapling, young plant

Usually translated as

tender plant

Origin

active participle of H3243

• Yânaq (H3243)

Greek equivalents

• paidíon (G3813)

Occurrences

Yôwnêq occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Isaiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 2:32 — And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
• 1 Chronicles 2:33 — And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
• Isaiah 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant (כַּיּוֹנֵ֜ק), and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.