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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:10 - After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:9 - The LORD told him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 - “If you present a bird as a burnt offering to the LORD, choose either a turtledove or a young pigeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - “But if you cannot afford to bring a sheep, you may bring to the LORD two turtledoves or two young pigeons as the penalty for your sin. One of the birds will be 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 - “If you cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, you may bring two quarts[fn] of choice flour for your sin offering. Since it is an offering for sin, you must not moisten it with olive oil or put any frankincense on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - “When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - “If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - The offering must also include two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for the sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] and give his offerings to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - On the eighth day she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - On the eighth day they must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - As a result, there was a great famine in the city. The siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five pieces[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 - Oh, that I had wings like a dove;
then I would fly away and rest!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - Even those who lived among the sheepfolds found treasures—
doves with wings of silver
and feathers of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 -

Young Man

How beautiful you are, my darling,
how beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:10 - My lover said to me,
“Rise up, my darling!
Come away with me, my fair one!

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:13 - The fig trees are forming young fruit,
and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming.
Rise up, my darling!
Come away with me, my fair one!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 -

Young Man

My dove is hiding behind the rocks,
behind an outcrop on the cliff.
Let me see your face;
let me hear your voice.
For your voice is pleasant,
and your face is lovely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 -

Young Man

You are beautiful, my darling,
beautiful beyond words.
Your eyes are like doves
behind your veil.
Your hair falls in waves,
like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 -

Young Woman

I slept, but my heart was awake,
when I heard my lover knocking and calling:
“Open to me, my treasure, my darling,
my dove, my perfect one.
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes sparkle like doves
beside springs of water;
they are set like jewels
washed in milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - I would still choose my dove, my perfect one—
the favorite of her mother,
dearly loved by the one who bore her.
The young women see her and praise her;
even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:11 - We growl like hungry bears;
we moan like mournful doves.
We look for justice, but it never comes.
We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - “And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel,
like doves to their nests?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - “You people of Moab,
flee from your towns and live in the caves.
Hide like doves that nest
in the clefts of the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - “The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves,
first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:11 - Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt.
Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria.
And I will bring them home again,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - Nineveh’s exile has been decreed,
and all the servant girls mourn its capture.
They moan like doves
and beat their breasts in sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 - What sorrow awaits rebellious, polluted Jerusalem,
the city of violence and crime!
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