Creature · יוֹנָה
Dove
The dove is a bird Noah sends over the receding waters, a lover’s address in the Song, and the form the Spirit takes at the baptism. The flood bird is not yet the baptism sign.
This image is not charted in 3 John. The thread below is the rest of the canon.
Occurrences
4 charted across 3 books.
Genesis
- Genesis 8:8
Noah sends a dove to see if the waters have gone down.
- Genesis 8:11
The dove returns with a freshly plucked olive leaf.
- Genesis 8:8
Song of Songs
- Song of Songs 2:14
The beloved is addressed as a dove in the clefts.
- Song of Songs 2:14
Matthew
- Matthew 3:16
The Spirit of God descends like a dove.
- Matthew 3:16