Strong G129G129Hαἷμα
(Field of) 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.
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 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 G129H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- blood2
First verses
- Matthew 27:8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
- Acts 1:19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
Occurrences by book
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.)]
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.)]