Midvash

דָּםdâm

blood

Pronunciation: dawm · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1818

Meanings

1. blood, of man or animal, = the life (Genesis 9:4; Deuteronomy 12:23; Leviticus 17:14)

2. usually blood become visible

b. spill, shed, a blood-shedder (Genesis 9:6; Genesis 37:22; Numbers 35:33)

c. blood of slain (Deuteronomy 32:42; 2 Samuel 1:22; Numbers 23:24)

d. innocent blood, my death (Deuteronomy 21:8; Deuteronomy 21:9; 1 Samuel 19:5)

e. avenger of blood (Numbers 35:19; Numbers 35:21; Numbers 35:24)

f. blood-stains of Jerusalem, bloodshed at Jezreel (Genesis 4:10; Genesis 4:11; 2 Samuel 3:28)

g. guilt of bloodshed, blood-guiltiness, mortal sin (Exodus 22:1; Ezekiel 18:13; Psalms 51:16)

h. bloody bridegroom, bloody man (Exodus 4:25; Exodus 4:26; 2 Samuel 16:8)

i. his blood is in (upon) him, shall be imputed to (Leviticus 20:9; Leviticus 20:11; Leviticus 20:12)

k. require blood at the hand of (Ezekiel 33:6; Genesis 9:5; Genesis 42:22)

l. foot-printed, with blood (Numbers 35:33; Psalms 106:38; Hosea 6:8)

m. atonement for blood-guilt is expressed by (Deuteronomy 21:8)

3. blood, used with religious significance

b. swine's blood (Leviticus 17:11; 2 Chronicles 29:24; Ezekiel 44:7)

4. figurative (Genesis 49:11; Deuteronomy 32:14; Ezekiel 19:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 360 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 4:10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!
  • Genesis 4:11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood.
  • Genesis 9:4 But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.
  • Genesis 9:5 “And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.
  • Genesis 9:6 If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.
  • Genesis 37:22 “Why should we shed any blood? Let’s just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he’ll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).