Lexicon :: Strong's H3123 - yônâ

‘But if his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring turtledoves or young pigeons as his offering.

‘But if he [fn]cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons as his guilt offering for his sin to the LORD, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

‘But if he cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for his sin the tenth part of an [fn]ephah of fine flour as a sin offering; he shall not put [olive] oil or incense on it, for it is a sin offering.

‘When the days of her purification are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting a one year old lamb as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering;

And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and be at rest.

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “Silent Dove Among Those Far Away.” A Mikhtam of David. [A record of memorable thoughts] when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me;

All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.

When you lie down [to rest] among the [fn]sheepfolds,

You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver,

Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

(The Bridegroom)

“Behold, how beautiful you are, my darling,

Behold, how beautiful you are!

Your eyes are dove’s eyes.”

(The Bridegroom)

“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,

In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,

Let me see your face,

Let me hear your voice;

For your voice is sweet,

And your face is lovely.”

(The Bridegroom)

“How fair and beautiful you are, my darling,

How very beautiful!

Your eyes behind your veil are like those of a dove;

Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats

That have descended from Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan].

(The Shulammite Bride)

“I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:

‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,

My dove, my perfect one!

For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;

My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’

“His eyes are like doves

Beside streams of water,

Bathed in milk

And reposed in their setting.

But my dove, my perfect one, stands alone [above them all];

She is her mother’s only daughter;

She is the pure child of the one who bore her.

The maidens saw her and called her blessed and happy,

The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirp;

I coo like a dove.

My eyes look wistfully upward;

O Lord, I am oppressed, take my side and be my security.

We all groan and growl like bears,

And coo sadly like doves;

We hope for justice, but there is none,

For salvation, but it is far from us.

“Who are these who fly like a cloud

And like doves to their windows?

“You inhabitants of Moab,

Leave the cities and live among the rocks,

And be like the dove that makes her nest

In the walls of the yawning ravine.

Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without heart or good sense;

They call to Egypt [for help], they go to Assyria.

They will come trembling and hurriedly like birds from Egypt

And like doves from the land of Assyria;

And I will settle them in their houses [in the land of their inheritance], declares the LORD.

It is decreed:

Nineveh is stripped, and she is carried away,

And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves,

Beating on their breasts [in sorrow].