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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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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 [fn]dove, to see if the water was low on the [fn]surface 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 in the ark, for the water was on the [fn]surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took it, and brought it into the ark to himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - So he waited another seven days longer; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - And the dove came to him in [fn]the evening, and behold, in its [fn]beak was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was low on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - Then he waited another seven days longer, 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, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 -

‘When the days of her purification are completed, 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 [fn]sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - ‘But if [fn]she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young doves, the one as a burnt offering and the other as a [fn]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 doves, which [fn]are within his means. The one shall be a [fn]sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young doves, [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 doves, and come before the LORD 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 doves, and bring them 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 doves to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - So there was a severe famine in Samaria; and behold, they kept besieging it until a donkey’s head was sold for 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 -

[fn]When you lie down among the sheepfolds,

You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,

And its pinions with [fn]glistening gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 -

The Groom

[fn]How beautiful you are, my darling,

[fn]How beautiful you are!

Your eyes are like doves.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10 -

“My beloved responded and said to me,

‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,

And come along.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:13 -

‘The fig tree has ripened its fruit,

And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.

Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,

And come along!’”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 -

The Groom

“My dove, in the clefts of the [fn]rock,

In the hiding place of the mountain pathway,

Let me see [fn]how you look,

Let me hear your voice;

For your voice is pleasant,

And [fn]you look delightful.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 -

[fn]How beautiful you are, my darling,

[fn]How beautiful you are!

Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;

Your hair is like a flock of goats

That have descended from Mount Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 -

The Bride

“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 [fn]drenched with dew,

My locks with the dew drops of the night.’

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 -

“His eyes are like doves

Beside streams of water,

Bathed in milk,

And perched in their setting.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 -

But my dove, my perfect one, is [fn]unique:

She is her mother’s [fn]only daughter;

She is the pure child of the one who gave birth to her.

The [fn]young women saw her and called her [fn]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 twitter;

I moan like a dove;

My eyes look wistfully to the heights;

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 windows?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 -

“Leave the cities and live among the rocky cliffs,

You 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 gullible dove, without [fn]sense;

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 the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 -

It is set:

She is stripped, she is led away,

And her slave women are sobbing like the sound of doves,

Beating their [fn]breasts.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 -

Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,

The oppressive city!

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