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dove Lieber (2014) 112, 353
Moss (2012) 123, 181
Williams (2009) 238, 267
dove, allusions, image Stern (2004) 138, 140, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152
dove, and lamb, christ O, Daly (2012) 112, 113
dove, as counter-symbol to eagle Peppard (2011) 87, 118, 119, 120, 121
dove, as figure of messiah Lieber (2014) 176
dove, as omen in early christianity Peppard (2011) 121, 122
dove, at baptism of jesus Peppard (2011) 87, 115, 122
dove, columba Bruun and Edmondson (2015) 454, 733
dove, eagle as counter-symbol to Peppard (2011) 87, 118, 119, 120, 121
dove, image Stern (2004) 138, 140, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152
dove, image in magen for kedushta to shabbat naḥamu Stern (2004) 147
dove, imagery in kedushtot Stern (2004) 138, 140, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152
dove, in jewish scripture Peppard (2011) 120, 121
dove, in roman imperial ideology Peppard (2011) 117, 118, 122
dove, in syria-palestine Peppard (2011) 118
dove, israel, as Stern (2004) 148, 149, 152
dove, of incarnation and vox dei Doble and Kloha (2014) 321, 322, 324, 325
dove, sedulius, on Hillier (1993) 85
dove, see also baptism Rasimus (2009) 91, 92, 180, 212, 220
dove, song of songs, image, in Stern (2004) 140, 144, 145, 146, 147
dove, spirit, characterizations as Frey and Levison (2014) 234, 333, 351
dove, symbol Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 440, 442
dove, symbolism, baptism Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 547
dove, zion, as mourning Stern (2004) 146, 147
doves Hitch (2017) 52, 74, 75, 81, 82, 93, 127
doves, in christian art Brodd and Reed (2011) 162
doves, of dodona Hawes (2014) 100, 101
doves, sacred to aphrodite/dione Simon (2021) 259, 276, 277
doves, sacred to, aphrodite Simon (2021) 259, 276, 277
doves, symbols Breytenbach and Tzavella (2022) 23, 240, 261, 279, 300
doves, white Hitch (2017) 74

List of validated texts:
10 validated results for "dove"
1. Hebrew Bible, Song of Songs, 1.15, 2.14, 4.1, 4.12, 5.1-5.2, 5.13, 6.2, 6.9 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Israel, as dove • Magen for Kedushta to Shabbat Naḥamu, dove image in • Song of Songs, dove (image) in • Zion, as mourning dove • allusions, dove (image) • dove • dove (image) • dove, as figure of Messiah • kedushtot, dove imagery in

 Found in books: Lieber (2014) 176, 353; Stern (2004) 140, 146, 147, 148, 152


1.15. הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי הִנָּךְ יָפָה עֵינַיִךְ יוֹנִים׃
2.14. יוֹנָתִי בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע בְּסֵתֶר הַמַּדְרֵגָה הַרְאִינִי אֶתּ־מַרְאַיִךְ הַשְׁמִיעִינִי אֶת־קוֹלֵךְ כִּי־קוֹלֵךְ עָרֵב וּמַרְאֵיךְ נָאוֶה׃
4.1. הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי הִנָּךְ יָפָה עֵינַיִךְ יוֹנִים מִבַּעַד לְצַמָּתֵךְ שַׂעְרֵךְ כְּעֵדֶר הָעִזִּים שֶׁגָּלְשׁוּ מֵהַר גִּלְעָד׃
4.1. מַה־יָּפוּ דֹדַיִךְ אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה מַה־טֹּבוּ דֹדַיִךְ מִיַּיִן וְרֵיחַ שְׁמָנַיִךְ מִכָּל־בְּשָׂמִים׃

4.12. גַּן נָעוּל אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה גַּל נָעוּל מַעְיָן חָתוּם׃
5.1. בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם־בְּשָׂמִי אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם־דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי עִם־חֲלָבִי אִכְלוּ רֵעִים שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ דּוֹדִים׃
5.1. דּוֹדִי צַח וְאָדוֹם דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָה׃ 5.2. אֲנִי יְשֵׁנָה וְלִבִּי עֵר קוֹל דּוֹדִי דוֹפֵק פִּתְחִי־לִי אֲחֹתִי רַעְיָתִי יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי נִמְלָא־טָל קְוֻּצּוֹתַי רְסִיסֵי לָיְלָה׃

5.13. לְחָיָו כַּעֲרוּגַת הַבֹּשֶׂם מִגְדְּלוֹת מֶרְקָחִים שִׂפְתוֹתָיו שׁוֹשַׁנִּים נֹטְפוֹת מוֹר עֹבֵר׃
6.2. דּוֹדִי יָרַד לְגַנּוֹ לַעֲרוּגוֹת הַבֹּשֶׂם לִרְעוֹת בַּגַּנִּים וְלִלְקֹט שׁוֹשַׁנִּים׃
6.9. אַחַת הִיא יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי אַחַת הִיא לְאִמָּהּ בָּרָה הִיא לְיוֹלַדְתָּהּ רָאוּהָ בָנוֹת וַיְאַשְּׁרוּהָ מְלָכוֹת וּפִילַגְשִׁים וַיְהַלְלוּהָ׃''. None
1.15. Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves. .
2.14. O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, Let me see thy countece, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countece is comely.’
4.1. Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from mount Gilead.

4.12. A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
5.1. I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. 5.2. I sleep, but my heart waketh; Hark! my beloved knocketh: ‘Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.’

5.13. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, As banks of sweet herbs; His lips are as lilies, Dropping with flowing myrrh.
6.2. ’My beloved is gone down into his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, And to gather lilies.
6.9. My dove, my undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her happy; Yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.''. None
2. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 1.2 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Baptism, Dove symbolism • Dove • baptism of Jesus dove at • dove at baptism of Jesus

 Found in books: Peppard (2011) 115; Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 547; Ruzer (2020) 77


1.2. וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם׃'
1.2. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם׃ '. None
1.2. Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.''. None
3. Hebrew Bible, Hosea, 11.11 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Magen for Kedushta to Shabbat Naḥamu, dove image in • Song of Songs, dove (image) in • Zion, as mourning dove • allusions, dove (image) • dove • dove (image) • kedushtot, dove imagery in

 Found in books: Lieber (2014) 353; Stern (2004) 146, 147


11.11. יֶחֶרְדוּ כְצִפּוֹר מִמִּצְרַיִם וּכְיוֹנָה מֵאֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר וְהוֹשַׁבְתִּים עַל־בָּתֵּיהֶם נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃''. None
11.11. They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, And as a dove out of the land of Assyria; And I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith the LORD.''. None
4. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 2.7, 74.19 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Baptism, Dove symbolism • Dove • dove • dove (symbol)

 Found in books: Lieber (2014) 353; Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 547; Ruzer (2020) 99, 100, 228; Zawanowska and Wilk (2022) 442


2.7. אֲסַפְּרָה אֶל חֹק יְהוָה אָמַר אֵלַי בְּנִי אַתָּה אֲנִי הַיּוֹם יְלִדְתִּיךָ׃
74.19. אַל־תִּתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תּוֹרֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח לָנֶצַח׃''. None
2.7. I will tell of the decree: The LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee." '
74.19. O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; Forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.'". None
5. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 38.14, 42.1 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Baptism, Dove symbolism • Dove • Song of Songs, dove (image) in • Zion, as mourning dove • allusions, dove (image) • dove • dove (image) • kedushtot, dove imagery in

 Found in books: Lieber (2014) 353; Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 547; Ruzer (2020) 99; Stern (2004) 146


38.14. כְּסוּס עָגוּר כֵּן אֲצַפְצֵף אֶהְגֶּה כַּיּוֹנָה דַּלּוּ עֵינַי לַמָּרוֹם אֲדֹנָי עָשְׁקָה־לִּי עָרְבֵנִי׃
42.1. הֵן עַבְדִּי אֶתְמָךְ־בּוֹ בְּחִירִי רָצְתָה נַפְשִׁי נָתַתִּי רוּחִי עָלָיו מִשְׁפָּט לַגּוֹיִם יוֹצִיא׃
42.1. שִׁירוּ לַיהוָה שִׁיר חָדָשׁ תְּהִלָּתוֹ מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ יוֹרְדֵי הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֹ אִיִּים וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶם׃''. None
38.14. Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety. .
42.1. Behold My servant, whom I uphold; Mine elect, in whom My soul delighteth; I have put My spirit upon him, He shall make the right to go forth to the nations.''. None
6. Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah, 48.28 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Song of Songs, dove (image) in • Zion, as mourning dove • allusions, dove (image) • dove • dove (image) • kedushtot, dove imagery in

 Found in books: Lieber (2014) 353; Stern (2004) 146


48.28. עִזְבוּ עָרִים וְשִׁכְנוּ בַּסֶּלַע יֹשְׁבֵי מוֹאָב וִהְיוּ כְיוֹנָה תְּקַנֵּן בְּעֶבְרֵי פִי־פָחַת׃''. None
48.28. O ye that dwell in Moab, Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; And be like the dove that maketh her nest In the sides of the pit’s mouth.''. None
7. New Testament, John, 1.32-1.33 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Dove • Spirit, characterizations as,, dove

 Found in books: Frey and Levison (2014) 234, 333; Ruzer (2020) 24


1.32. Καὶ ἐμαρτύρησεν Ἰωάνης λέγων ὅτι Τεθέαμαι τὸ πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον ὡς περιστερὰν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐπʼ αὐτόν· 1.33. κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ ὁ πέμψας με βαπτίζειν ἐν ὕδατι ἐκεῖνός μοι εἶπεν Ἐφʼ ὃν ἂν ἴδῃς τὸ πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον καὶ μένον ἐπʼ αὐτόν, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ βαπτίζων ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ·''. None
1.32. John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him. ' "1.33. I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.' "'. None
8. New Testament, Mark, 1.5, 1.9-1.11 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Baptism, Dove symbolism • Dove • Spirit, characterizations as,, dove

 Found in books: Frey and Levison (2014) 351; Potter Suh and Holladay (2021) 547; Ruzer (2020) 24, 70, 94


1.5. καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο πρὸς αὐτὸν πᾶσα ἡ Ἰουδαία χώρα καὶ οἱ Ἰεροσολυμεῖται πάντες, καὶ ἐβαπτίζοντο ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ ποταμῷ ἐξομολογούμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν.
1.9. ΚΑΙ ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις ἦλθεν Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲτ τῆς Γαλιλαίας καὶ ἐβαπτίσθη εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην ὑπὸ Ἰωάνου. 1.10. καὶ εὐθὺς ἀναβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος εἶδεν σχιζομένους τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ὡς περιστερὰν καταβαῖνον εἰς αὐτόν· 1.11. καὶ φωνὴ ἐγένετο ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν Σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν σοὶ εὐδόκησα.''. None
1.5. All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.
1.9. It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 1.10. Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 1.11. A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."''. None
9. None, None, nan
 Tagged with subjects: • Aphrodite, sacred pigeons (Aphrodisias) • doves • doves, white • pigeons, sacred to Aphrodite • white, doves

 Found in books: Hitch (2017) 74; Lupu(2005) 29


10. None, None, nan
 Tagged with subjects: • doves • doves, white • pigeons, sacrifice • white, doves

 Found in books: Hitch (2017) 74; Lupu(2005) 39





Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.