Blood
αἷμαStrong’s G0129ahima
Appears in 92 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ahima is the Greek word usually translated “blood” and “from blood”. It appears in 92 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.”
Meaning
Usually translated “blood” and “from blood”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- blood 85
- of blood 8
- from blood 2
- with blood 2
- to blood 1
- in blood 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 20
- Revelation 17
- Acts 12
- Matthew 9
- Luke 7
- John 6
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 23:30And 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.
- Matthew 23:35That 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.
- Matthew 26:28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
- Matthew 27:4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
- Matthew 27:6And 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.
- Matthew 27:8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
All 92 verses, by book
- Galatians 1
- 1:16
Greek dictionary
αἷμα ahima · blood
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. …
αἷμα ahima · (Field of) Blood
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. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “blood” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLOOD, noun
- The fluid which circulates through the arteries and veins of the human body, and of other animals, which is essential to the preservation of life.
- Kindred; relation by natural descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity.“God hath made of one blood all nations of the earth” Acts 17:26
- Royal lineage; blood royal; as a prince of the blood
- Honorable birth; high extraction; as a gentleman of blood
All definitions and other forms of “blood”
- Life.“Shall I not require his blood at your hands?” 2 Samuel 4:11
- Slaughter; murder, or bloodshedding.“The voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the ground” Genesis 4:10
- Guilt, and punishment.“Your blood be upon your own heads” Acts 18:6
- Fleshly nature;; the carnal part of man; as opposed to spiritual nature, or divine life.“Who were born, not of flesh and blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” John 1:13
- Man, or human wisdom, or reason.“Flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven” Matthew 16:17
- A sacramental symbol of the blood of Christ.“This is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for the remission of sins” Matthew 26:28
- The death and sufferings of Christ.“Being now justified by his blood we shall be saved from wrath through him” Romans 5:9
- The price of blood; that which is obtained by shedding blood and seizing goods.“Wo to him that buildeth a town with blood Acts 1” Habakkuk 2:12
- Temper of mind; state of the passions; but in this sense, accompanied with cold or warm, or other qualifying word.
- A hot spark; a man of fire or spirit; a rake.
- The juice of any thing, especially if red; as, 'the blood of grapes.' 9. Genesis 4:10
BLOOD, verb transitive
To let blood; to bleed by opening a vein.
- To stain with blood
- To enter; to inure to blood; as a hound.
- To heat the blood; to exasperate. [Unusual.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.