. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . egular migration of the turtle-dove and its re-turn in spring are alluded to in Jer. viii. 7, and Cant,ii. 11, 12. It is from its plaintive note doubtlessthat David in Ps. lxxiv. 19, pouring forth his la-ment to God, compares himself to a Palestine, the rock-dove (Columba livia, Linn.)is very common on all the rocky parts of the coastand in the inland ravines, and from it all the varie-ties of the domestic pigeon are derived; the ring-dove (Columba Palwnbus, Linn.) frequents all thewooded districts of the country; the stock-dove orwild
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . egular migration of the turtle-dove and its re-turn in spring are alluded to in Jer. viii. 7, and Cant,ii. 11, 12. It is from its plaintive note doubtlessthat David in Ps. lxxiv. 19, pouring forth his la-ment to God, compares himself to a Palestine, the rock-dove (Columba livia, Linn.)is very common on all the rocky parts of the coastand in the inland ravines, and from it all the varie-ties of the domestic pigeon are derived; the ring-dove (Columba Palwnbus, Linn.) frequents all thewooded districts of the country; the stock-dove orwild pigeon of Europe (Columba jEnas, Linn.) is asgenerally but more sparingly distributed. Anotherspecies has been observed in the valley of the Jor-dan, perhaps Columba leuconota,Yigors. The turtle- 1140 TWE TYR dove (Turtur auritus, Linn.) is most abundant, andin the valley of the Jordan, an allied species, thepalm-dove, or Egyptian turtle (Turtur jifyypliacus,Temminck), is by no means uncommon. Clean andUnclean ; Food ; Palestine, Ef^ptlnn Turtle or Palm-dov« ( Turtur sEyyjiiaeui). * Twelve, the = the apostles of our Lord JesusChrist, originally twelve in number (Mat. xxvi. 20,47; Mk. xiv. 10, 14, 20, 43 ; Lk. xxii. 47; Jn. , xx. 24; 1 Cor. xv. 5; compare Mat. x. 1 IF.;Lk. xxii. 14; Jn. vi. 70, &c). Apostle; Number;Tribe. Tyfh 1-cns [tike-kus] (L. fr. Gr. = fortuitous,for-tunate, L. in S.), a companion of St. Paul on someof his journeys, and one of his fellow-laborers inthe work of the Gospel. (1.) In Acts xx. 4 he isexpressly called (with Trophimus) of Asia ; butwhile Trophimus went with St. Paul to Jerusalem(xxi. 29), Tychicus was left behind in Asia, prob-ably at Miletus (xx. 15, 38). (2.) In St. Pauls firstimprisonment he was with the apostle again— a be-loved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow-servant in the Lord (Col. iv. 7, 8). Together withOnesimus, he was doubtless the bearer of theepistles to the Colossians, Ephesians, and Philemon.(3.) The
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