Definition
αἷμα, ατος, τό,
[in LXX for דָּם ;]
blood.
1. In the ordinary sense: Mark 5:25, Luke 8:43,44; 22:44, John 19:34, Acts 15:20,29; 21:25, Revelation 8:7,8; 11:6; 16:3,4,6; 19:13.
2. In special senses:
(a) of generation, origin, kinship (cl.): John 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: Matthew 16:17, 1 Corinthians 15:50, Galatians 1:16, Ephesians 6:12, Hebrews 2:14;
(with) of things in colour resembling blood: Acts 2:19,20, Revelation 6:12; 14:18-20.
(d) of bloodshed, a bloody death (cl.): Matthew 23:30,35; 27:4,6,8,24,25, Luke 11:50,51; 13:1, Acts 1:19; 5:28; 18:6; 20:26; 22:20, Hebrews 12:4, Revelation 6:10; 17:6; 18:24; 19:2 ; αἷ. ἐκχέειν (Deiss., LAE, 428; MM, VGT, see word, αἷ.), Romans 3:15, Revelation 16:6;
(e) of sacrificial blood, as an expiation: Hebrews 9:7,12,13,18-22,25; 10:4; 11:28; 13:11; of the blood of Christ, Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, John 6:53,54,56, Acts 20:28, Romans 3:25; 5:9, 1 Corinthians 10:16; 11:25,27, Ephesians 1:7; 2:13, Colossians 1:20, Hebrews 9:12,14; 10:19,29; 12:24; 13:20, 1 Peter 1:2,19, 1 John 1:7 (1 John 5:6,8), Revelation 1:5; 5:9; 7:14; 12:11. (Cremer, 69 f., 612 f.)
Glossary entries
Potter’s Field Field of Blood Aceldama Akeldama Field of Blood
Where it occurs
Occurrences
- Matthew 16:17αἷμα · bloodJesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
- Matthew 23:30αἵματι · bloodAnd you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
- Matthew 23:35 (3×)αἷμα · blood; αἵματος · blood; αἵματος · bloodAnd so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- Matthew 26:28αἷμά · bloodThis is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- Matthew 27:4αἷμα · blood“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
- Matthew 27:6αἵματός · bloodThe chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
- Matthew 27:8αἵματος · of BloodThat is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
- Matthew 27:24αἵματος · bloodWhen Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
- Matthew 27:25αἷμα · bloodAll the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Mark 5:25αἵματος · from bleedingAnd a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
- Mark 5:29αἵματος · bleedingImmediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
- Mark 14:24αἷμά · bloodHe said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
- Luke 8:43αἵματος · from bleeding…including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
- Luke 8:44αἵματος · bleedingShe came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
- Luke 11:50αἷμα · bloodAs a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
- Luke 11:51 (2×)αἵματος · the blood; αἵματος · the blood…from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
- Luke 13:1αἷμα · bloodAt that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
- Luke 22:20αἵματί · bloodIn the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
- Luke 22:44αἵματος · of bloodAnd in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- John 1:13αἱμάτων · blood…children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
- John 6:53αἷμα · bloodSo Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
- John 6:54αἷμα · bloodWhoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:55αἷμά · bloodFor My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
- John 6:56αἷμα · bloodWhoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
- John 19:34αἷμα · bloodInstead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
- Acts 1:19αἵματος · of BloodThis became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
- Acts 2:19αἷμα · bloodI will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
- Acts 2:20αἷμα · bloodThe sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
- Acts 5:28αἷμα · blood“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
- Acts 15:20αἵματος · bloodInstead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- Acts 15:29αἵματος · from bloodYou must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
- Acts 18:6αἷμα · bloodBut when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
- Acts 20:26αἵματος · bloodTherefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
- Acts 20:28αἵματος · bloodKeep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- Acts 21:25αἷμα · bloodAs for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
- Acts 22:20αἷμα · bloodAnd when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
- Romans 3:15αἷμα · blood“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
- Romans 3:25αἵματι · bloodGod presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
- Romans 5:9αἵματι · bloodTherefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
- 1 Corinthians 10:16αἵματος · bloodIs not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
- 1 Corinthians 11:25αἵματι · bloodIn the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:27αἵματος · bloodTherefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 15:50αἷμα · bloodNow I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
- Galatians 1:16αἵματι · blood…to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
- Ephesians 1:7αἵματος · bloodIn Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Ephesians 2:13αἵματι · bloodBut now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
- Ephesians 6:12αἷμα · bloodFor our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.