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Koine Greek wordlink #1314

SR GNT Mat 3:16 περιστεράν (peristeran) ‘of god coming_downhill as_if a dove and coming on’ Strongs=40580 Lemma=peristera
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=26 AD TimeSeries=John_Baptizes_Jesus

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Other uses (3) of identical word form περιστεράν (N-AFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘περιστεράν’ (N-AFS) is always and only glossed as ‘a dove’.

Yhn (Jhn) 1:32 ‘spirit coming_downhill as a dove out_of heaven and’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:32 word 12

OET-LV: 32 And Yōannaʸs testified saying, that I _have _seen the spirit coming _down as a_dove out _of heaven, and it _remained on him. (JHN_1:32)

OET-RV: 32 And Yohan further explained, “I saw God’s spirit come down and settle on him. (JHN 1:32)

Mark 1:10 ‘the spirit as a dove coming_downhill on him’ SR GNT Mark 1:10 word 23

OET-LV: 10 And immediately going _up from the water, he _saw the heavens being _divided, and the spirit as a_dove coming _down on him. (MRK_1:10)

OET-RV: 10 As Yeshua came up out of the water, he saw the sky being opened up, and God’s spirit coming down on him like a dove. (MRK 1:10)

Luke 3:22 ‘in a bodily appearance as a dove on him and’ SR GNT Luke 3:22 word 12

OET-LV: 22 and the the holy spirit to _come _down in_a_bodily appearance, as a_dove on him, and a_voice to _become out _of heaven: You are the the beloved son of _me, in you I _took _pleasure. (LUK_3:22)

OET-RV: 22 and the holy spirit came down onto him in the bodily form of a dove, and a voice came from the sky, “You are my son that I love and take pleasure in.” (LUK 3:22)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘peristera’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a dove’, ‘of doves’, ‘doves’.

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular