Dove
duv (tor, yonah; peristera; Latin Zenaedura carolinensis): A
bird of the family Columbidae. Doves and pigeons are so
closely related as to be spoken and written of as
synonymous, yet there is a distinction recognized from the
beginning of time. It was especially marked in Israel,
because doves migrated, but pigeons remained in their chosen
ha...
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-Sent out from the ark by Noah
Ge 8:8-11
-Domesticated
Isa 60:8
-Nests of
Jer 48:28
-Harmlessness of, typical of Christ's gentleness
Mt 10:16
-Sacrificial uses of
Ge 15:9
-Prescribed for purification
Of women
Le 12:6,8; Lu 2:24
Of Nazarites
Nu 6:10
Of lepers
Le 14:22
-Burnt offering of
Le 1:14-17
-Trespass offering of, for the im...
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The first menton of this bird occurs in Gen. 8. The dove's
rapidity of flight is alluded to in Ps 55:6 the beauty of its
plumage in Ps 68:13 its dwelling int he rocks and valleys in
Jer 48:28 and Ezek 7:16
its mournful voice in Isa 38:14; 59:11; Na 2:7 its
harmlessness in Mt 10:16 its simplicity in Ho 7:11 and its
amativeness in So 1:15; 2:14...
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In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the
clefts of rocks, but when domesticated "dove-cots"
are prepared
for them (Cant. 2:14; Jer. 48:28; Isa. 60:8). The
dove was
placed on the standards of the Assyrians and
Babylonians in
honour, it is supposed, of Semiramis (Jer. 25:38;
Vulg.,
"fierceness of the dove;" comp. Jer. 46:...
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Its peculiar peaceful and gentle habit its often referred to
in
Scripture. A pair was offered in sacrifice by Mary
at her
purification (Luke 2:24). The pigeon and the turtle-
dove were
the only birds permitted to be offered in sacrifice
(Lev. 1:14;
5:7; 14:22; 15:14, 29, etc.). The Latin name of this
bird,
_turtur_, is derived from its not...
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Emblem of peace (Genesis 8:7-12). After God's wrath for sin
had been executed upon the earth, the dove was thrice sent
forth; at the first sending she found no rest for the sole
of her foot until she put herself in Noah's (or "comforter")
hand, and was drawn into the ark; on the second trip, she
brought back the olive leaf, the earnest of the ...
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tor; Latin, tur-tur, from imitation of its cooing note.
Abraham's offering (Genesis 15:9) with a young pigeon (gozal).
A pair was the poor man's substitute for the lamb or kid, as
trespass, sin, or burnt offering (Leviticus 12:6); so the
Virgin mother for her purification, through poverty (Luke
2:24; 2 Corinthians 8:9). Also in the case of a N...
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O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret
[places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me
hear thy voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance
[is] comely....
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O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the
rock, and be like the dove [that] maketh her nest in the sides
of the hole's mouth....
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I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved
that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my
dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my
locks with the drops of the night....
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