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Strong G129G129Gαἷμα

blood

One of the 2 senses of Strong G129

Transliteration
aima
Pronunciation
hah'ee-mah
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

Of uncertain derivation;
blood literally (of men or animals) figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specifically (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication bloodshed also kindred: - blood.

Detailed definition

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)

In the Bible

Strong G129G appears in 88 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • blood88

First verses

  1. Matthew 16:17
    And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
  2. Matthew 23:30
    And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
  3. Matthew 23:35
    That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
  4. Matthew 26:28
    For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
  5. Matthew 27:4
    Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
  6. Matthew 27:6
    And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
  7. Matthew 27:24
    When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
  8. Matthew 27:25
    Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
  9. Mark 5:25
    And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
  10. Mark 5:29
    And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
  11. Mark 14:24
    And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
  12. Luke 8:43
    And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
  13. Luke 8:44
    Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
  14. Luke 11:50
    That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
  15. Luke 11:51
    From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
  16. Luke 13:1
    There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
  17. Luke 22:20
    Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
  18. Luke 22:44
    And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
  19. John 1:13
    Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  20. John 6:53
    Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
αἷμα, ατος, τό,
blood, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.303, etc.; φόνος αἵματος 16.162; ψυχῆς ἄκρατον αἷμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 786)]: in plural, streams of blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1293, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 121, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1172, Alcaeus496.)]
2 of anything like blood, Βακχίου[LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Fragmenta” 7; αἷ. σταφυλῆς LXX.Sir.39.26, compare “App.Anth.” 3.166 (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus).)]
2.b dye obtained from ἄγχουσα, alkanet, [Refs (PHolm. 15.25, “PLeid.X.” 99.3.)]
3 with collateral meaning of spirit, courage, οὐκ ἔχων αἷμα pale, spiritless [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.160; τοὺς αἷμα φάσκοντας τὴν ψυχήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 405b4.)]
II bloodshcd, murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 520, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 101)]; ὅμαιμον αἷ. a kinsman's murder, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 449)]; εἴργασται μητρῷον αἷ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 285, compare 406)]; αἶ. πράττειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1139; αἷμα συγγενὲς κτείνας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 799.3)]; αἷμα τραγοκτόνον shedding of goat's blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 139)]; ἐφ᾽ αἵματι φεύγειν to avoid trial for murder by going into exile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 58 (Milet., 5th c.BC), 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.105; αἷμα συγγενὲς φεύγων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 148)]: plural in this sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 66, 650, frequently in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, never in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; αἵματασύγγονα brothers' corpses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1502:)] —concrete, νεακόνητον αἷ. keen-edged death, i. e. a sword, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1394 (explanation by μάχαιρα, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus).)]
III blood relationship, kin, αἷ. τε καὶ γένος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.583; αἵματός εἰς ἀγαθοῖο 4.611; οΐ σῆς ἐξ αἵματός εἰσι γενέθλης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.111)]; τὸ αἷ. τινος his blood or origin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.34)]; αἷ. ἐμφύλιον incestuous kinship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1406; τοὺς πρὸς αἵματος [prev. author] “Aj.” 1305, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1262a11)]; μητρὸς τῆς ἐμῆς ἐν αἵματι akin to her by blood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 606, compare “Th.” 141; ἀφ᾽ αἵματος ὑμετέρου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 245.)]
III.2 concrete, of a person, ὦ Διὸς.. αἷμα[Refs (“IG” 14.1003.1, compare 1389 ii4, etc.)]