Bloodshed
מִשְׂפָּחStrong’s H4939mispach (mis-pach)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Mispach is the Hebrew word usually translated “bloodshed”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.”
Meaning
- Bloodshed, outpouring (of blood)
How it's translated
- bloodshed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
מִשְׂפָּח mispach · bloodshed
bloodshed, outpouring (of blood)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bloodshed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BLOOD'SHED, noun
[blood and shed.]
The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; waste of life; the crime of shedding blood.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.