Strong's Greek: 4058. περιστερά (peristera) -- a dove

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Lexicon

peristera: a dove

Original Word: περιστερά, άς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: peristera
Phonetic Spelling: (per-is-ter-ah')
Short Definition: a dove
Definition: a dove, pigeon.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
a dove
NASB Translation
dove (4), doves (5), pigeons (1).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 4058: περιστερά

περιστερά, περιστεράς, ἡ, Hebrew יונָה, a dove: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 10:16; Matthew 21:12; Mark 1:10; Mark 11:15; Luke 2:24; Luke 3:22; John 1:32; John 2:14, 16. (From Herodotus down.)

Strong's

dove, pigeon.

Of uncertain derivation; a pigeon -- dove, pigeon.