Dove, Turtle-dove - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Dove, Turtle-dove

[ 1,,G4058, peristera ]
denotes a dove or pigeon," Matthew 3:16; Matthew 10:16 (indicating its proverbial harmlessness); Matthew 21:12; Mark 1:10; Mark 11:15; Luke 2:24 ("pigeons"); Luke 3:22; John 1:32; John 2:14, John 2:16.

[ 2,,G5167, trugon ]
denotes "a turtle-dove" (from truzo, "to murmur, to coo"), Luke 2:24.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words