Strong's #4058: peristera (pronounced per-is-ter-ah')

of uncertain derivation; a pigeon:--dove, pigeon.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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peristera

1) a dove

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: of uncertain derivation

Citing in TDNT: 6:63, 830

Usage:

This word is used 10 times:

 

Matthew 3:16: "of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:"
Matthew 10:16: "serpents, and harmless as doves."
Matthew 21:12: "the seats of them that sold doves,"
Mark 1:10: "the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:"
Mark 11:15: "the seats of them that sold doves;"
Luke 2:24: "or two young pigeons."
Luke 3:22: "in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice"
John 1:32: "from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him."
John 2:14: "and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:"
John 2:16: "And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make"