Turtledove
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [1]
Leviticus 1:14 (c) This bird probably is used to indicate a very small and narrow view of the person of Christ as our sacrifice. It is almost the smallest of all the offerings. The sparrow is the only one that is smaller. The lamb was a larger offering and indicates a more comprehensive view of the value of CHRIST in His sacrificial work. The bullock is the largest of the offerings, and indicates a wide and deep knowledge of the work and the person of the Lord Jesus in His sacrifice for us. Thus the Lord makes provision for every kind of person, none needs to be excluded.
Psalm 74:19 (b) It is typical of the weakness felt by GOD's people in the presence of their enemies.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to Turtur and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species (Turtur vulgaris), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate.
(2): ( n.) Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under Dove), and the Australian turtledove (Stictopelia cuneata).
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [3]
Turtledove —See Animals in vol. i. p. 65b.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [5]
Fig. 333—Turtledove
Turtledove occurs in;;; , etc.; .
The birds of this subgenus are invariably smaller than pigeons properly so called; they are mostly marked with a patch of peculiarly colored scutellated feathers on the neck, or with a collar of black, and have often other markings on the smaller wing-covers. The species Columba Turtur, with several varieties merely of color, extends from the west of Europe through the north of Africa, to the islands south of China. The turtledove of Palestine is specifically the same; but there is also a second, we believe local: both migrate further south in winter, but return very early; when their cooing voice in the woods announces the spring. In the rites of the Hebrew law, full-grown or old turtledoves might be offered in pairs, but, only the young of pigeons not full grown. They were the usual offering of the poor, a circumstance, Bochart remarks, indicating the humble station of the Virgin Mary, since at her purification she offered a pair of turtledoves instead of a lamb.
