Dove, The
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 Simplicity. -- Mt 10:16. Comeliness of countenance. -- Song 2:14. Softness of eyes. -- Song 1:15. Sweetness of voice. -- Song 2:14. Richness of plumage. -- Ps 68:13. Mournful tabering of, alluded to -- Na 2:7. Dwells in rocks -- Song 2:14; Jer 48:28. Frequents streams and rivers -- Song 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 -- Song 2:12. Illustrative Of the Holy Spirit. -- Mt 3:16; Joh 1:32. Of the meekness of Christ. -- Song 5:12. Of the church. -- Song 2:14; 5:2. Of mourners. -- Isa 38:14; 59:11. Of converts to the church. -- Isa 60:8. (In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity. -- Ho 11:11.