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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, ἡ, 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 8 times in 8 verses in 'Sng' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - “[fn][fn]How beautiful you are, my darling,
[fn]How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10 - “My beloved responded and said to me,
‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:13

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!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:14

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 [fn]form,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your [fn]form is lovely.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - “[fn][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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - “His eyes are like doves
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk,
And [fn]reposed in their setting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:9

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 bore her.
The [fn]maidens saw her and called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,
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