Topic
Dove, The
24 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 8:8Torrey Sent from the ark by Noah
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
- Genesis 8:10Torrey Sent from the ark by Noah
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
- Genesis 8:11Torrey Why considered the emblem of peace
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
- Genesis 8:12Torrey Sent from the ark by Noah
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
- Genesis 15:9Torrey Offered in sacrifice
And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
- Leviticus 1:14Torrey Offered in sacrifice
¶ And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
- Deuteronomy 14:11Torrey Clean and used as food
¶ Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
- Psalms 68:13Torrey CHARACTERISED BY — Richness of plumage
Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
- Song of Songs 1:15Torrey CHARACTERISED BY — Softness of eyes
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
- Song of Songs 2:12Torrey The harbinger of spring
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;
- Song of Songs 2:14Torrey CHARACTERISED BY — Comeliness of countenance
¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
- Song of Songs 5:2Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the church
¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
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- Song of Songs 5:12 Torrey Frequents streams and rivers
- Isaiah 38:14 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of mourners
- Isaiah 59:11 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of mourners
- Isaiah 60:8 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of converts to the church
- Jeremiah 48:28 Torrey Dwells in rocks
- Hosea 11:11 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity
- Nahum 2:7 Torrey Mournful tabering of, alluded to
- Matthew 3:16 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the Holy Spirit
- Matthew 10:16 Torrey CHARACTERISED BY — Simplicity
- Matthew 21:12 Torrey Impiously sold in the court of the temple
- John 1:32 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the Holy Spirit
- John 2:16 Torrey Impiously sold in the court of the temple
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 28 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Clean and used as food De 14:11
- Offered in sacrifice Ge 15:9; Le 1:14
- Impiously sold in the court of the temple Mt 21:12; Joh 2:16
- CHARACTERISED BY
- Mournful tabering of, alluded to Na 2:7
- Dwells in rocks So 2:14; Jer 48:28
- Frequents streams and rivers So 5:12
- Sent from the ark by Noah Ge 8:8,10,12
- Why considered the emblem of peace Ge 8:11
- The harbinger of spring So 2:12
- ILLUSTRATIVE
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.