יַעֲנָה
yaʿănâ
greed
Strong's H3284NounHebrewTWOT 884b

יַעֲנָה (yaʿănâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning greed. It appears 8 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3284).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 884b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 884b)greed, ostrich; owl
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יַעֲנָה noun, feminine: greed, ostrich

Strong's H3284 יַעֲנָה
KJV:owl.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 884: יען yʿn — daughter of greed, ostrich, voracious, daughter of the desert, steppe, hard, unproductive soil, father of the plains

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:16Deuteronomy 14:15Job 30:29

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