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ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΑΣ, περιστερας
PERISTERAS, peristeras
Sounds Like: peh-ris-TEH-ras
Translations: of a dove, of doves
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a dove or pigeon. It is used in the genitive case, indicating possession or origin, often translated as 'of a dove' or 'of doves'. It is commonly found in contexts describing the characteristics or actions associated with doves, such as their wings or their symbolic meaning.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4058 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:124
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 9:230
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΑ — dove, a dove, pigeon, a pigeon
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΑΙ — doves, pigeons
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΑΙΣ — doves, pigeons, to doves, to pigeons, for doves, for pigeons
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΑΝ — dove, a dove, pigeon, a pigeon
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΕ — dove, a dove, pigeon, a pigeon
- ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΩΝ — of doves, of a dove
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