'Dove' in the Bible

He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,

but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.

He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.

The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.

He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn't return to him any more.

I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.

Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.

My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."

My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security."

You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

"Ephraim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.

They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses," says Yahweh.

Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.