Peristerá — G4058

Definition

feminine noun

a pigeon

Usually translated as

dove, pigeon

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Occurrences

Peristerá occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3), Mark (2), Luke (2), John (3)

• Matthew 3:16 — 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 (περιστερὰν), and lighting upon him:
• 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 (περιστεραί).
• 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 (περιστερὰς),
• Mark 1:10 — And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove (περιστερὰν) descending upon him:
• Mark 11:15 — And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves (περιστερὰς);
• Luke 2:24 — And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons (περιστερῶν).
• Luke 3:22 — And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove (περιστερὰν) upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
• John 1:32 — And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove (περιστερὰν), and it abode upon him.
• John 2:14 — And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves (περιστερὰς), and the changers of money sitting:
• John 2:16 — And said unto them that sold doves (περιστερὰς), Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.