Dove, Turtle-dove
Dove, Turtle-dove
denotes “a dove or pigeon,” Mat 3:16; Mat 10:16 (indicating its proverbial harmlessness); Mat 21:12; Mar 1:10; Mar 11:15; Luk 2:24 (“pigeons”); Luk 3:22; Joh 1:32; Joh 2:14, Joh 2:16.
denotes “a turtle-dove” (from truzo, “to murmur, to coo”), Luk 2:24.