Turtledove
תֹּרStrong’s H8449tor
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tor is the Hebrew word usually translated “turtle-doves”, “turtle-dove” and “turtle-dove your”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
Meaning
- Dove, turtledove
How it's translated
- turtle-doves 7
- and a turtle-dove 2
- the turtle-doves 2
- a turtle-dove 1
- turtle-dove your 1
- the turtle-dove 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 9
- Genesis 1
- Numbers 1
- Psalms 1
- Song of Solomon 1
- Jeremiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 1:14And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
- Leviticus 5:7And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 5:11But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 12:6And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
- Leviticus 12:8And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
- Leviticus 14:22And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
Hebrew dictionary
תֹּר tor · turtledove
dove, turtledove
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “turtledove” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TUR'TLE-DOVE, noun
A species of the genus Columba. [See Turtle.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.