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 Lamentations. 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