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Nave Topical Bible
• Dove, Turtle
Scofield Reference Index
• Dove
Thompson Chain Reference
• Turtle Doves
• Doves
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Dung, Doves, Cows
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Dove, the
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Turtle-Dove
• Doves' Dung
• Doves
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Turtle, Turtle-Dove
• Dove's Dung
• Dove
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Turtle (Dove)
• Dove
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Dove's Dung
• Dove On Far Off Terebinths
• Dove
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Turtle Dove
• Doves' Dung
• Dove
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Dove
King James Dictionary
• Dove
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Turtle, Turtle Dove
• Dove
• Dove's Dung
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Dove (2)
• Dove
• Ark and Dove
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Dove
People's Bible Dictionary
• Turtle-Dove
• Dove (2)
• Dove
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Turtle-dove
• Doves Dung
• Dove
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Dove, Turtle-Dove
Wilson's Bible Types
• Dove (Turtle)
Webster Dictionary
• Sea Dove
• Dove-Eyed
• Dove's-Foot
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Dove
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Dove
• Dove River
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Dove
• Turtle-Dove
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Dove
• Doves' Dung
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Dove
• Dove, in Christian Art
• Dove, John
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Dove
• Dove, Heinrich Wilhelm
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Dove
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Dove
• Turtle-Dove
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Were clean according to the Mosaic ritual, and were offered in sacrifice, especially by the poor, Genesis 15:9 Leviticus 5:7 12:6-8 Luke 2:24 . Several kinds of doves or pigeons frequented the Holy Land; and the immense flocks of them sometimes witnessed illustrate a passage in Isaiah 60:8 . They are symbols of simplicity, innocence, and fidelity, Hosea 7:11 Matthew 10:16 . The dove was the chosen harbinger of God's returning favor after the flood, Genesis 8:1-22 , and was honored as an emblem of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 3:16 . See TURTLEDOVE.