תֹּר tor

Hebrew word for “turtledove” · Strong’s H8449 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

dove, turtledove

How it is translated

Glosses given for tor in context, with how often each is used:

• turtle-doves 9
• turtle-dove 5

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 5 (2), Leviticus 12 (2), Leviticus 14 (2), Leviticus 15 (2), Genesis 15 (1), Leviticus 1 (1), Numbers 6 (1), Psalms 74 (1), Song of Solomon 2 (1), Jeremiah 8 (1)

Forms

• תרים 7
• ותר 2
• התרים 2
• תר 1
• תורך 1
• התור 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tor more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יוֹנָה yonah “dove” 10
• אוֹ o “or” 10
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 7
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 5
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 5
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 5
• שְׁמִינִי shemini “eighth” 3
• פֶּתַח petach “entrance” 4
• נָשַׂג nasag “to overtake” 3
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 5
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 4
• אֶחָד echad “one” 4

Key verses

The verses using tor that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:9 — 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…
• Leviticus 1:14 — And 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 5:7 — And 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…
• Leviticus 5:11 — But 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…
• Leviticus 12:6 — And 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…
• Leviticus 12:8 — And 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…
• Leviticus 14:22 — And 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.
• Leviticus 15:14 — And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,…
• Numbers 6:10 — And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
• Psalms 74:19 — O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
• Song of Solomon 2:12 — The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
• Jeremiah 8:7 — Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.