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Lexicon :: Strong's G4058 - peristera

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περιστερά
Transliteration
peristera (Key)
Pronunciation
per-is-ter-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:63,830

Strong’s Definitions

περιστερά peristerá, per-is-ter-ah'; of uncertain derivation; a pigeon:—dove, pigeon.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G4058 in the following manner: dove (9x), pigeon (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G4058 in the following manner: dove (9x), pigeon (1x).
  1. a dove

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
περιστερά peristerá, per-is-ter-ah'; of uncertain derivation; a pigeon:—dove, pigeon.
STRONGS G4058:
περιστερά, περιστεράς, , Hebrew יונָה, a dove: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 10:16; Matthew 21:12; Mark 1:10; Mark 11:15; Luke 2:24; Luke 3:22; John 1:32; John 2:14, 16. (From Herodotus down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:16; 10:16; 21:12
Mark
1:10; 11:15
Luke
2:24; 3:22
John
1:32; 2:14; 2:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4058 matches the Greek περιστερά (peristera),
which occurs 35 times in 35 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8 - Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - but the dove found no resting place for the sole of its foot, so it returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the [fn]surface of all the earth. Then he stretched out his hand and took it and brought it into the ark to himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - Then he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - And the dove came to him toward [fn]evening, and behold, in its [fn]beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - Then he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove; but it did not return to him again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9 - So He said to him, “[fn]Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 -

‘But if his [fn]means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an [fn]ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not place oil on it or put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 -

‘When the days of her cleansing are fulfilled, 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 for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - ‘But if [fn]she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which [fn]are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, [fn]which are within his means.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before Yahweh to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - ‘Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them in to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - Now there was a great famine in Samaria. And behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for [fn]eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a [fn]kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 -

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and [fn]be at rest.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 -

If you men lie down among the [fn]sheepfolds,

You all would be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,

And its pinions with glistening gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 -

[fn]Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,

Behold, you are beautiful!

Your eyes are like doves.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10 -

“My beloved answered and said to me,

‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,

And come along.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:13 -

‘The fig tree has ripened its figs,

And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.

Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,

And come along!’”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 -

[fn]O my dove, in the clefts of the [fn]rock,

In the secret place of the steep [fn]pathway,

Let me see your appearance,

Let me hear your voice;

For your voice is sweet,

And your appearance is lovely.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 -

[fn]Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,

Behold, you are beautiful!

Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;

Your hair is like a flock of goats

That have leapt down from Mount Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 -

[fn]I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

A voice! My beloved was knocking:

‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,

My dove, my perfect one!

For my head is full of dew,

My locks with the [fn]damp of the night.’

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 -

“His eyes are like doves

Beside streams of water,

Washed in milk,

And sitting in their setting.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 -

She is the only one—my dove, my perfect one;

She is the only one of her mother;

She is the pure one of her who bore her.

The daughters saw her and called her blessed,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 -

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

I moan like a dove;

My eyes look wistfully to the heights;

O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 -

All of us growl like bears,

And moan sadly like doves;

We hope for justice, but there is none,

For salvation, but it is far from us.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 -

“Who are these who fly like a cloud

And like the doves to their [fn]lattices?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 -

“Leave the cities and dwell among the crags,

O inhabitants of Moab,

And be like a dove that nests

Beyond the mouth of the chasm.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 -

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without a heart of wisdom;

They call to Egypt; they go to Assyria.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 -

They will come trembling like birds from Egypt

And like doves from the land of Assyria;

And I will settle them in their houses, declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 -

So it stands fixed:

She is exiled, she is carried away,

And her maidservants are moaning like the sound of doves,

Beating on their hearts.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 -

Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,

The oppressive city!

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