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 So 2:14 . Softness of eyes So 1:15 . Sweetness of voice So 2:14 . Richness of plumage Ps 68:13 - 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 . Of the Holy Spirit Mt 3:16; Joh 1:32 . Of the meekness of Christ So 5:12 . Of the church So 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