Word Summary
trygōn: a turtledove
Original Word: τρυγώνTransliteration: trygōn
Phonetic Spelling: (troo-gone')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a turtledove
Meaning: a turtledove
Strong's Concordance
turtle-dove.
From truzo (to murmur; akin to trizo, but denoting a duller sound); a turtle-dove (as cooing) -- turtle-dove.
see GREEK trizo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5167: τρυγώντρυγών,
τρυγόνος,
ἡ (from
τρύζω to murmur, sigh, coo, of doves; cf.
γογγύζω),
a turtle-dove:
Luke 2:24. (
Aristophanes,
Theocritus, others; Aeh v. h. 1, 15; the
Sept. for
תֹּר.)