Clean and used as food De 14:11
Offered in sacrifice Ge 15:9; Le 1:14
Impiously sold in the court of the temple Mt 21:12; Joh 2:16
CHARACTERISED BY
Simplicity Mt 10:16
Comeliness of countenance So 2:14
Softness of eyes So 1:15
Sweetness of voice So 2:14
Richness of plumage Ps 68:13
Mournful tabering of, alluded to Na 2:7
Dwells in rocks So 2:14; Jer 48:28
Frequents streams and rivers So 5:12
Sent from the ark by Noah Ge 8:8,10,12
Why considered the emblem of peace Ge 8:11
The harbinger of spring So 2:12
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the Holy Spirit Mt 3:16; Joh 1:32
Of the meekness of Christ So 5:12
Of converts to the church Isa 60:8
(In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity Ho 11:11