21 occurrences

'Dove' in the Bible

And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsPeople Sending CreaturesSeeing SituationsWaters Subsiding

But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.

Verse ConceptsFeetStretching OutNot Being StillFeet In ActionNot StillNoah's Flood

And after waiting another seven days, he sent the dove out again;

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysPeople WaitingPeople Sending Creatures

And the dove came back at evening, and in her mouth was an olive-leaf broken off: so Noah was certain that the waters had gone down on the earth.

Verse ConceptsOlivesBreaking SticksKnowing FactsWaters SubsidingOlive TreesFloodsRainbow

And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysPeople WaitingPeople Sending Creatures

And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.

Verse ConceptsGoatsAbrahamdovesCarcass, Literal UsePigeonsAnimals, Types OfHeifersAnimals At Specific Ages

And when the days are ended for making her clean for a son or a daughter, let her take to the priest at the door of the Tent of meeting, a lamb of the first year for a burned offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin-offering:

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsSacrifices At The DoorwayAnimals At Specific Ages

And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

Verse ConceptsFliesdovesWingsSaints, As PilgrimsBirds, Figurative UseWings Of BirdsThose FlyingRestflyingculturesoaring

Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

Verse ConceptsdovesGoldSleep, PhysicalWingsSheepfoldsWings Of BirdsStock Keeping

O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

Verse ConceptsdovesNames And Titles For The ChurchMen Similar To AnimalsNot Forgetting

See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulThe Beauty Of Nature

The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;

Verse ConceptsBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsRosesspringtime

O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.

Verse ConceptsdovesAttractionNames And Titles For The ChurchhidingBeautiful Women

See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsAppearance Of HairYoung LoversHairgirlfriends

I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The Church

My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.

Verse ConceptsUnique IndividualsPraising Specific PeopleMan's FavouriteBeing Unique

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

Verse ConceptsdovesdiscouragementPrayer In DiscouragementSwallowsCauses of failure in

Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsdovesSkyThe Right TimeBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsInstinctSwallowsAutumnKnowingGod's TimingGods Timing

O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.

Verse ConceptsNestsdovesCavesRocksCaves As Places Of Refuge

And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfFolly, Effects OfdovesLeaders, PoliticalFalse ConfidenceFoolishness Of Men

Shaking with fear like a bird, they will come out of Egypt, like a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will give them rest in their houses, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsdovesGroups Trembling

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