HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3123
יוֹנָה
yo.nah — dove
dove, pigeon
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Pigeon
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Pigeons are mentioned as among the offerings which, by divine appointment, Abram presented unto the Lord (Gen. 15:9). They were afterwards enumerated among the sin-offerings (Lev. 1:14; 12:6), and the law provided that those who could not offer a lamb might offer two young pigeons (5:7; comp. Luke 2:24). (See DOVE.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.