Dict: easton - Dove

easton:

Dove @ In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated "dove-cots" are prepared for them (Cant. kjv@2:14; Jeremiah:48:28; kjv@Isaiah:60:8). The dove was placed on the standards of the Assyrians and Babylonians in honour, it is supposed, of Semiramis kjv@Jeremiah:25:38; Vulg., "fierceness of the dove;" comp. kjv@Jeremiah:46:16 kjv@Jeremiah:50:16). Doves and turtle-doves were the only birds that could be offered in sacrifice, as they were clean according to the Mosaic law kjv@Genesis:15:9; kjv@Leviticus:5:7 kjv@Leviticus:12:6; kjv@Luke:2:24). The dove was the harbinger of peace to Noah kjv@Genesis:8:8-10). It is often mentioned as the emblem of purity kjv@Psalms:68:13). It is a symbol of the Holy Spirit kjv@Genesis:1:2; kjv@Matthew:3:16; kjv@Mark:1:10; kjv@Luke:3:22; kjv@John:1:32); also of tender and devoted affection (Cant. kjv@1:15; 2:14). David in his distress wished that he had the wings of a dove, that he might fly away and be at rest kjv@Psalms:55:6-8). There is a species of dove found at Damascus "whose feathers, all except the wings, are literally as yellow as gold" (68:13).