KJV dictionary & concordance
A turtledove, a migratory bird known by its voice.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Song of Solomon 2:12
Complete exact-word concordance
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The flowers appeare on the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Yea the Storke in the heauen knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow obserue the time of their coming; but my people know not the iudgement of the LORD.
1611 marginal noteIsai. 1.3.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A turtle-dove.
