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Koine Greek wordlink #1333

SR GNT Mat 3:16 περιστερὰν (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

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

The word form ‘περιστερὰν’ (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

Mark 1:10 ‘the spirit as a dove coming_downhill on him’ SR GNT Mark 1:10 word 24

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

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