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Lexicon :: Strong's G4058 - peristera

Aa
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8 - And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9 - And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 - And if his oblation to Jehovah be a burnt-offering of birds, then he shall offer his oblation of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass-offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto Jehovah; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - But if his means suffice not for two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his oblation for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering: he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon; for it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, 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 shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before Jehovah unto the door of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 -
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 -
When ye lie among the sheepfolds,
It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And her pinions with yellow gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 -
Behold, thou art fair, my love;
Behold thou art fair;
Thine eyes are as doves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10 -
My beloved spake, and said unto me,
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:13 -
The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs,
And the vines are in blossom;
They give forth their fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 -
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock,
In the covert of the steep place,
Let me see thy countenance,
Let me hear thy voice;
For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 -
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair;
Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil.
Thy hair is as a flock of goats,
That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 -
I was asleep, but my heart waked:
It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying,
Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;
For my head is filled with dew,
My locks with the drops of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 -
His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks,
Washed with milk, and fitly set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 -
My dove, my undefiled, is but one;
She is the only one of her mother;
She is the choice one of her that bare her.
The daughters saw her, and called her blessed;
Yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 -
Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter;
I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward:
O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that maketh her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 - Woe to her that is rebellious and polluted! to the oppressing city!
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