DOVE

DOVE, The

  1. Clean and used as food # De 14:11
  2. Offered in sacrifice # Ge 15:9 Le 1:14
  3. Impiously sold in the court of the temple # Mt 21:12 Joh 2:16
  4. CHARACTERISED BY 4a) Simplicity

    # Mt 10:16

4b) Comeliness of countenance # So 2:14 4c) Softness of eyes # So 1:15 4d) Sweetness of voice # So 2:14 4e) Richness of plumage # Ps 68:13 5) Mournful tabering of, alluded to # Na 2:7 6) Dwells in rocks # So 2:14 Jer 48:28 7) Frequents streams and rivers # So 5:12 8) Sent from the ark by Noah # Ge 8:8,10,12 9) Why considered the emblem of peace # Ge 8:11 10) The harbinger of spring # So 2:12 11) ILLUSTRATIVE 11a) Of the Holy Spirit # Mt 3:16 Joh 1:32 11b) Of the meekness of Christ # So 5:12 11c) Of the church # So 2:14 5:2 11d) Of mourners # Isa 38:14 59:11 11e) Of converts to the church # Isa 60:8 11f) (In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity # Ho 11:11