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PIGEON

Any of several birds of the family Columbidae. The NRSV translates Heb. yônâ as “pigeon” when referring to sacrificial animals (elsewhere “dove”). Birds were usually offered for sacrifice as an alternative to larger animals; their use for sacrifice is, therefore, an indication of relative poverty (e.g., Lev. 5:7; Luke 2:24), although a cereal offering might be an even greater indication of poverty (Lev. 5:11).

In the NT Gk. peristerá is translated “dove” with reference to birds sacrificed at the temple (Matt. 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:14, 16). “Pigeons” are mentioned only at Luke 2:24 to distinguish between two species of birds in a quotation from Lev. 12:8.

Heb. gôzāl is translated “young pigeon” in recounting animals cut in half for a covenant ritual (Gen. 15:9; cf. Deut. 32:11).

Jesper Svartvik






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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