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περιστερά, -ας, ἡ (cf. τρύγων )
Noun (Fem. 1st Decl.)
Perseus Dictionary Entry (Liddell and Scott [and Jones]'s Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed., 1925-1940) περιστερά
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cf. τρύγων , turtle-dove, Lk. 2:24
Freq. glossed either as pigeon or dove [however] the use of the latter term in preference to former suggests a difference that cannot precisely be determined from usage in our texts (BDAG s.v. περιστερά ).
Occurrences in the GNT
Inflections: 5 Total occurrences: 10
Occurrences in the LXX
Inflection Lemma Uncontracted Form(s) Parsing Translation(s) Verse(s) περιστερὰ περιστερά περιστερ·α (fem) nom|voc sg pigeon (nom|voc) Gn 8:9 , Gn 8:11 , Hos 7:11 , Hos 11:11 , Is 59:11 περιστερά περιστερά περιστερ·α (fem) nom|voc sg pigeon (nom|voc) Ode 11:14 , Cant 2:10 , Cant 2:13 , Cant 2:14 , Cant 5:2 , Cant 6:9 , Zep 3:1 , Is 38:14 περιστεραὶ περιστερά περιστερ·αι (fem) nom|voc pl pigeons (nom|voc) Cant 4:1 , Cant 5:12 , Na 2:8 , Is 60:8 , Jer 31:28 περιστεραί περιστερά περιστερ·αι (fem) nom|voc pl pigeons (nom|voc) Cant 1:15 περιστερὰν περιστερά περιστερ·αν (fem) acc sg pigeon (acc) Gn 8:8 , Gn 8:10 περιστεράν περιστερά περιστερ·αν (fem) acc sg pigeon (acc) Gn 8:12 , Gn 15:9 περιστερᾶς περιστερά περιστερ·ας (fem) gen sg or (fem) acc pl pigeon (gen), pigeons (acc) Lv 12:6 , Ps 54:7 , Ps 67:14 περιστερῶν περιστερά περιστερ·ων (fem) gen pl pigeons (gen) Lv 1:14 , Lv 5:7 , Lv 5:11 , Lv 12:8 , Lv 14:22 , Lv 14:30 , Lv 15:14 , Lv 15:29 , Nm 6:10 , 4Kgs 6:25
Inflections: 8 Total occurrences: 36