HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1818
דָּם
dam — blood
1) blood 1a) of wine (fig.)
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Blood
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GREEK · G129
αἷμα
ahima — blood
αἷμα, ατος, τό, [in LXX for דָּם ;] blood. 1. In the ordinary sense: Mrk.5:25, Luk.8:43,44 22:44, Jhn.19:34, Act.15:20,29 21:25, Rev.8:7,8 11:6 16:3,4,6 19:13. 2. In special senses: (a) of generation, origin, kinship (cl.): Jhn.1:13 (see MM, VGT, see word); (b) as in OT (AR on Eph, l.with), in the phrase σάρξ καὶ αἷ. (αἷ. κ. σ.), to indicate human nature as opposite to God and created spirits: Mat.16:17, 1Co.15:50, Gal.1:16, Eph.6:12, Heb.2:14; (with) of things in colour resembling blood: Act.2:19,20, Rev.6:12 14:18-20. (d) of bloodshed, a bloody death (cl.): Mat.23:30,35 27:4,6,8,24,25, Luk.11:50,51 13:1, Act.1:19 5:28 18:6 20:26 22:20, Heb.12:4, Rev.6:10 17:6 18:24 19:2 ; αἷ. ἐκχέειν (Deiss., LAE, 428; MM, VGT, see word, αἷ.), Rom.3:15, Rev.16:6; (e) of sacrificial blood, as an expiation: Heb.9:7,12,13,18-22,25 10:4 11:28 13:11; of the blood of Christ, Mat.26:28, Mrk.14:24, Luk.22:20, Jhn.6:53,54,56, Act.20:28, Rom.3:25 5:9, 1Co.10:16 11:25,27, Eph.1:7 2:13, Col.1:20, Heb.9:12,14 10:19,29 12:24 13:20, 1Pe.1:2,19, 1Jn.1:7 (cf. 5:6,8), Rev.1:5 5:9 7:14 12:11. (Cremer, 69 f., 612 f.) † (AS)
90 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5315
נֶ֫פֶשׁ
ne.phesh — soul
1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain
650 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1320
בָּשָׂר
ba.sar — flesh
1) flesh 1a) of the body 1a1) of humans 1a2) of animals 1b) the body itself 1c) male organ of generation (euphemism) 1d) kindred, blood-relations 1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God) 1f) all living things 1g) animals 1h) mankind Aramaic equivalent: be.shar (בְּשַׁר "flesh" H1321)
219 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1875
דָּרַשׁ
da.rash — to seek
1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place) 1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek 1a2a) of God 1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers 1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship 1a3a) God 1a3b) heathen deities 1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require 1a5) to investigate, enquire 1a6) to ask for, require, demand 1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application 1a8) to seek with care, care for 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God) 1b2) to be sought, be sought out 1b3) to be required (of blood)
139 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8210
שָׁפַךְ
sha.phakh — to pour: pour
: pour 1) to pour, pour out, spill 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pour, pour out 1a2) to shed (blood) 1a3) to pour out (anger or heart) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be poured out, be shed 1c) (Pual) to be poured out, be shed 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be poured out 1d2) to pour out oneself
75 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4095
πίνω
pinō — to drink
πίνω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁתָה ;] to drink: absol., Luk.2:19, Jhn.4:7, al.; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.6:26, 31 Mrk.14:25, al.; of habitual use, Luk.1:15, Rom.14:21, al.; by meton., τὸ ποτήριον, 1Co.10:21, al.; of the earth absorbing rain (Hdt., al.), Heb.6:7; spiritually, of the blood of Christ, Jhn.6:53-54, 56; before ἐκ (of the vessel), Mat.26:27, al.; id. (of the drink; Bl., § 36, 1), Mat.26:29, Jhn.4:13-14 Rev.14:10, al.; ἀπό, Luk.22:18 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-πίνω; on the form πίεσαι, Luk.17:8, see Bl., § 21, 8, and on the contr. aor. πεῖν, M, Pr., 44 f., Thackeray, Gr., 63 f.) (AS)
62 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5358
נָקַם
na.qam — to avenge
1) to avenge, take vengeance, revenge, avenge oneself, be avenged, be punished 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to avenge, take vengeance 1a2) to entertain revengeful feelings 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to avenge oneself 1b2) to suffer vengeance 1c) (Piel) to avenge 1d) (Hophal) to be avenged, vengeance be taken (for blood) 1e) (Hithpael) to avenge oneself
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4726
מָקוֹר
ma.qor — fountain
1) spring, fountain 1a) spring 1a1) of source of life, joy, purification (fig.) 1b) of the eye (fig.) 1c) source (of menstruous blood) 1d) flow (of blood after child birth)
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7607
שְׁאֵר
she.er — flesh
1) flesh, food, body, near kin, near kinswoman 1a) flesh 1a1) as food 1a2) for physical power (fig) 1b) flesh relation, blood relation 1c) self Also means: sha.a.rah (שַׁאֲרָה "kinswomen" H7608)
16 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7602
שָׁאַף
sha.aph — to long for
1) to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gasp, pant after, snuff up 1a2) to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for 1a3) to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals) (fig)
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4077
πηγή
pēgē — flow
πηγή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for עַיִן, also for מָקוֹר, etc. ;] a spring, fountain : Jas.3:11, 2Pe.2:17; τ. δάτων, Rev.8:10 14:7 16:4; of a well fed by a spring, Jhn.4:6; π. τοῦ αἵματος, of a flow of blood, Mrk.5:29; metaphorically, Jhn.4:14, Rev.7:17 21:6.† (AS)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4473
ῥαντισμός
rhantismos — sprinkling
ῥαντισμός, -ῦo, ὁ (ῥαντίζω), [in LXX for נִדָּה ;] sprinkling: of the ceremonial sprinkling of blood for purification, Heb.12:24, 1Pe.1:2 (see Hort, Pe., 23 ff.).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4689
σπένδω
spendō — to pour a libation
σπένδω [in LXX chiefly for נָסַךְ hi. ;] to pour out as a drink-offering, make a libation; pass., figuratively, σπένδομαι, I am poured out or offered as a libation (in the shedding of my life-blood): Php.2:17 (see Lft., in l), 2Ti.4:6 (for exx. from π., see Milligan, Selections, 114 f.; MM, xxiii).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5332
נֵ֫צַח
ne.tsach — lifeblood
1) juice 1a) juice of grapes 1b) blood, gore (fig.)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G130
αἱματεκχυσία
ahimatekchusia — bloodshed
αἱματεκχυσία, -ας, ἡ (αἷμα, ἐκ, χέω), shedding of blood (Eccl.; Cremer, 71): Heb.9:22.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G131
αἱμορροέω
ahimorroeō — to bleed
αἱμορροέω, (αἷμα, ῥέω), [in LXX: Lev.15:33 (דָּוֶה) * ;] to lose blood, suffer from a flow of blood (Hipp.): Mat.9:20.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G184
Ἀκελδαμά
Akeldama — Akeldama
§ Akeldama dama (Proper name) (traditionally located south of the valley of Hinnom), "field of blood"
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2361
θρόμβος
thrombos — drop
θρόμβος, -ου, ὁ (τρέφω, in primary sense to thicken), a lump, a clot of blood (DCG, ii, 685b): αἵματος, Luk.22:44 (WH, R, mg. omit the passage, see WH, App., 64 ff.).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G876
ἀφρός
aphros — foam
foam , of the sea, (Iliad by Homer): of an angry lion, foam, froth , (Iliad by Homer); ἀπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἀφρόν frothy blood , (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4939
מִשְׂפָּח
mis.pach — bloodshed
bloodshed, outpouring (of blood)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6450
פַּס דַּמִּים
pas dam.mim — Pas-dammim
Pas-dammim = "boundary of blood" a place in western Judah Another name of e.phes dam.mim (אֶ֫פֶס דַּמִּים "Ephes-dammim" H0658)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H658
אֶ֫פֶס דַּמִּים
e.phes dam.mim — Ephes-dammim
Ephes Dammim = "edge of blood" a place approx 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Jerusalem Also named: pas dam.mim (פַּס דַּמִּים "Pas-dammim" H6450)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20032
αἱμάσσω
ahimassō — be bloody
to make bloody stain with blood , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;hence to smite so as to make bloody , (Sophocles Tragicus); so in Mid., [variant datesAnthology Palantina:—;Pass. to welter in blood, be slain , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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(1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15:29). It has been held by some, and we think correctly, that this law of prohibition was only ceremonial and temporary; while others regard it as still binding on all. Blood was eaten by the Israelites after the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam. 14:32-34). (2.) The blood of sacrifices was caught by the priest in a basin, and then sprinkled seven times on the altar; that of the passover on the doorposts and lintels of the houses (Ex. 12; Lev. 4:5-7; 16:14-19). At the giving of the law (Ex. 24:8) the blood of the sacrifices was sprinkled on the people as well as on the altar, and thus the people were consecrated to God, or entered into covenant with him, hence the blood of the covenant (Matt. 26:28; Heb. 9:19, 20; 10:29; 13:20). (3.) Human blood. The murderer was to be punished (Gen. 9:5). The blood of the murdered “crieth for vengeance” (Gen. 4:10). The “avenger of blood” was the nearest relative of the murdered, and he was required to avenge his death (Num. 35:24, 27). No satisfaction could be made for the guilt of murder (Num. 35:31). (4.) Blood used metaphorically to denote race (Acts 17:26), and as a symbol of slaughter (Isa. 34:3). To “wash the feet in blood” means to gain a great victory (Ps. 58:10). Wine, from its red colour, is called “the blood of the grape” (Gen. 49:11). Blood and water issued from our Saviour’s side when it was pierced by the Roman soldier (John 19:34). This has led pathologists to the conclusion that the proper cause of Christ’s death was rupture of the heart. (Comp. Ps. 69:20.)
Scripture references
Genesis 9:4Deuteronomy 12:23Leviticus 3:17Leviticus 7:26Leviticus 17:10-14Acts 15:291 Samuel 14:32-34Exodus 12Leviticus 4:5-7Leviticus 16:14-19Exodus 24:8Matthew 26:28Hebrews 9:19Hebrews 9:20Genesis 9:5Genesis 4:10Numbers 35:24Numbers 35:27Numbers 35:31Acts 17:26Isaiah 34:3Psalms 58:10Genesis 49:11John 19:34Psalms 69:20Leviticus 17:11-13
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.