KJV dictionary & concordance
1. A bird of the pigeon kind. 2. A term of endearment.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 8:8
Complete exact-word concordance
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourne as a doue: mine eyes faile with looking vpward: O LORD, I am oppressed, vndertake for me.
1611 marginal noteOr, ease me.
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 hole’s mouth.
O yee that dwell in Moab, leaue the cities and dwell in the rocke, and be like the doue that maketh her nest in the sides of the holes mouth.
¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
¶ Ephraim also is like a silly doue, without heart: they call to Egypt; they goe to Assyria.
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.
They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a doue out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
And Iesus, when hee was baptized, went vp straightway out of the water: and loe, the heauens were opened vnto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a doue, and lighting vpon him.
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
And straightway comming vp out of the water, hee saw the heauens opened, and the Spirit like a doue descending vpon him.
1611 marginal noteOr, clouen, or rent.
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
And the holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a Doue vpon him, and a voice came from heauen, which said, Thou art my beloued sonne, in thee I am well pleased.
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
And Iohn bare record saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heauen, like a Doue, and it abode vpon him.
1611 marginal noteMat. 3.16.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A dove or domestic pigeon; also a word of endearment or an emblem of innocence.
