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doves

Meaning of “doves”

Sense 1: Doves or pigeons. Sense 2: Terms of endearment or figures of dove-like qualities.

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12 occurrences12 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Song of Solomon 1:15

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Matthew 10:16
¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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1611 witness · Matthew 10:16 · retained source text

¶ Behold, I send you foorth as sheepe in the middest of wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and harmelesse as doues.

1611 marginal noteOr, simple.

1611 marginal noteLuk. 10.3.

Matthew 21:12
¶ And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
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1611 witness · Matthew 21:12 · retained source text

¶ And Iesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple, and ouerthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that solde doues,

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