Dictionary entry

Dove, The

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

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 the church So 2:14; 5:2

Of mourners Isa 38:14; 59:11

Of converts to the church Isa 60:8

(In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity Ho 11:11