Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
יוֹנָה
- Transliteration
- yôwnâh
- Pronunciation
- yo-naw'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 32
Glosses
dove, pigeon.
Lexicon definition
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
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Pigeon
Pigeons are mentioned as among the offerings which, by divine appointment, Abram presented unto the Lord (Gen. 15:9). This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H3123, G4058
- Hebrew
- יוֹנָה · yôwnâh
- Greek
- περιστερά · peristerá
Strong’s and original-language information
H3123
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
περιστερά
- Transliteration
- peristerá
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 10
Glosses
dove, pigeon
Lexicon definition
a pigeon
Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Pigeon
Pigeons are mentioned as among the offerings which, by divine appointment, Abram presented unto the Lord (Gen. 15:9). They were afterwards enumerated among the sin-offerings (Lev. 1:14; 12:6), and the law provided that those who could not offer a lamb might offer two young pigeons (5:7; comp. Luke 2:24). (See [488]DOVE.)
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Pigeon
Indexed occurrences: 3
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Strong's Concordance
Pigeons
Indexed occurrences: 9
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All Scripture references14 references
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
PIGEON
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for PIGEON.
Indexed references: 3
Scripture references:
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Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Topic
PIGEON
Nave’s Topical Bible references for PIGEON.
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Dove's dung
(2 Kings 6:25) has been generally understood literally. There are instances in history of the dung of pigeons being actually used as food during a famine. Compare also the language of Rabshakeh to the Jews (2 Kings 18:27; Isa. 36:12). This name, however, is applied by the Arabs to different vegetable substances, and there is room for the opinion of those who think that some such substance is here referred to, as, e.g., the seeds of a kind of millet, or a very inferior kind of pulse, or the root of the ornithogalum, i.e., bird-milk, the star-of-Bethlehem.
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Pigeon
Pigeons are mentioned as among the offerings which, by divine appointment, Abram presented unto the Lord (Gen. 15:9). They were afterwards enumerated among the sin-offerings (Lev. 1:14; 12:6), and the law provided that those who could not offer a lamb might offer two young pigeons (5:7; comp. Luke 2:24). (See [488]DOVE.)
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Turtle, Turtle-dove
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 note, and is a repetition of the Hebrew name tor. Three species are found in Palestine, (1) the turtle-dove (Turtur auritus), (2) the collared turtle (T. risorius), and (3) the palm turtle (T. Senegalensis). But it is to the first of these species which the various passages of Scripture refer. It is a migratory bird (Jer. 8:7; Cant. 2:11, 12). "Search the glades and valleys, even by sultry Jordan, at the end of March, and not a turtle-dove is to be seen. Return in the second week of April, and clouds of doves are feeding on the clovers of the plain. They overspread the whole face of the land." "Immediately on its arrival it pours forth from every garden, grove, and wooded hill its melancholy yet soothing ditty unceasingly from early dawn till sunset. It is from its plaintive and continuous note, doubtless, that David, pouring forth his heart's sorrow to God, compares himself to a turtle-dove" (Ps. 74:19).
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