Definition
from H1826 (compare H119); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Traditional renderings: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), innocent.
Traditional renderings: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), innocent.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders דָּם:
- αἷμαahima“blood”97%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
360 total
- Jonah 1:14דָּ֣ם · bloodSo they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
- Micah 3:10בְּדָמִ֑ים · with bloodshed…who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
- Micah 7:2לְדָמִ֣ים · for bloodThe godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- Nahum 3:1דָּמִ֑ים · of bloodWoe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
- Habakkuk 2:8מִדְּמֵ֤י · because of your bloodshedBecause you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- Habakkuk 2:12בְּדָמִ֑ים · with bloodshedWoe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
- Habakkuk 2:17מִדְּמֵ֤י · because of your bloodshedFor your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- Zephaniah 1:17דָּמָם֙ · Their bloodI will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
- Zechariah 9:7דָמָ֜יו · the bloodI will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
- Zechariah 9:11בְּדַם־ · because of the bloodAs for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.