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TURTLEDOVE

A designation for the various species of the genus Streptopelia, small gray- and buff-colored pigeons with various kinds of ring-coloring around their necks (Heb. tôr, tōr; Gk. trygṓn). In Palestine the turtledove is one of the earliest harbingers of spring (Cant. 2:12; Jer. 8:7). The Hebrew term derives from the sound of their call. Turtledoves were considered clean for sacrifice and consumption (Gen. 15:9; Lev. 1:14; 5:7; Luke 2:24). The defenseless people of God are represented as a turtledove at Ps. 74:19 (NRSV “dove”).






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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