Meaning of DOVE

Dove (Ps. 55:7; Song 1:15; 5:12) with a pitiful cry (Is. 38:14); The dove is sweet and affectionate (Song 2:14; 5:2; 6:9), but unwary (Hos. 7:11), timid, skittish.

In the wild she sometimes dwells in the valleys (Ez. 7:16) making her nest on the walls of the ravines, in the crevices of the rocks (Jer. 48:28). The domestic dove flees towards its dovecote or towards its owner's window (Is. 60: 8; cf. Gen. 8: 8-12).

Jesus alludes to her proverbial innocence (Mt. 10:6). This bird was bought and sold in the precincts of the Temple (Mt. 21:12; Mr. 11:15; Jn. 2:14), because it was used in sacrifices (Lev. 5:7; 12:8; Lk. 2:24).

The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:22).
Pigeons form a family of birds ("columbidae") of which Tristram lists four species in Palestine:
the wood pigeon ("columba palumbus"), which enters the cities. Large flocks of these pigeons frequent Palestine in spring and autumn, during the annual migrations; There are some isolated pigeons that stay there all winter.

The palomina (“columbacenas”) is found especially east of the Jordan, or in the valley of this river itself.
The rock pigeon ("columba livia") is abundant on the west coast of the Jordan and in the mountainous region of Judea and Samaria.

The grayish wild pigeon ("columba schimperi") is very common in the interior of Palestine and in the Jordan Valley; He took refuge in the caves and in the crevices of the rocks. This is the species alluded to in Jer. 48:28.