περιστερά, περιστεράς, ἡ, Hebrew ιεπΘδ, a dove: Mat_3:16; Mat_10:16; Mat_21:12; Mar_1:10; Mar_11:15; Luk_2:24; Luk_3:22; Joh_1:32; Joh_2:14; Joh_2:16. (From Herodotus down.)

περιστερά peristera 10x a dove, pigeon, Mat_3:16 ; Mat_10:16 dove; pigeon.

περιστερά , -ᾶς , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H3123 ;] a dove: Mat_3:16 ; Mat_10:16 ; Mat_21:12 , Mar_1:10 ; Mar_11:15 , Luk_2:24 ; Luk_3:22 , Joh_1:32 ; Joh_2:14 ; Joh_2:16†

περιστερά [page 509] περιστερά (a Semitic borrowing=bird of Istar) is common in the sense of dove, cf. e.g. P Flor III. 361 .5 (A.D. 82 3) περιστερὰς ἑκατόν . The diminutive περιστέριον is found in BGU IV. 1095 .16 (A.D. 57) ἱμακάτιον περιστερα̣ι̣ων ( l. ἡμικάδιον περιστερίων ), a half-jar of (preserved) pigeons, and περιστερίδιον in BGU II. 596 .7 (A.D. 84) (= Selections , p. 64) where the writer invites a friend to accompany the bearer of the letter, ὅπως εἰς τὴν ἑω (= ο )ρτὴν περιστερείδι̣α ἡμεῖν ἀγοράσηι , that he may buy for us young pigeons for the feast, P Giss I. 80 .5 (ii/A.D.) τὰ [π ]εριστερίδι [α καὶ ὀ ]ρνυθάρια , ἃ οὐκ ἤωθα ἐσθεῖν , πέμ [ψον . . ., and P Lond ined. Inv. N. 1575 (iii/A.D.) (cited by Olsson Papyrusbriefe , p. 195) μνημονεύσατε τῶν περιστεριδίων ἡμῶν (a schoolboy to his father). In P Oxy VIII. 1127 .8 (A.D. 183) we have the lease of the upper-room of a house with a pigeon-cote τὸν ὑπερῷον τόπον τῆς . . . οἰκίας καὶ ὃν ἔχει ἐκεῖ περιστερεῶνα : cf. Wilcken Archiv i. p. 129, Luckhard Privathaus , p. 99. According to Plummer ICC ad Luk_3:22 , in ancient Jewish symbolism the dove is Israel, and not the Spirit, but see Nestle ZNTW vii. (1906), p. 358 f., and Abrahams Studies in Pharisaism i. p. 47 ff.

περιστερά περιστερά, ἡ, "the common pigeon or dove", Hdt. , Soph. , etc. [Etym: deriv. uncertain]

περιστερά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for יוֹנָה ;] a dove: Mat.3:16 10:16 21:12, Mrk.1:10 11:15, Luk.2:24 3:22, Jhn.1:32 2:14, 16† (AS)