ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H1818 - dām

Choose a new font size and typeface
דָּם
Transliteration
dām
Pronunciation
dawm
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 436

Strong’s Definitions

דָּם dâm, dawm; 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):—blood(-y, -guiltiness), (-thirsty), + innocent.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 361x

The KJV translates Strong's H1818 in the following manner: blood (342x), bloody (15x), person (with H5315) (1x), bloodguiltiness (1x), bloodthirsty (with H582) (1x), variations of 'blood' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 361x
The KJV translates Strong's H1818 in the following manner: blood (342x), bloody (15x), person (with H5315) (1x), bloodguiltiness (1x), bloodthirsty (with H582) (1x), variations of 'blood' (1x).
  1. blood

    1. of wine (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּם dâm, dawm; 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):—blood(-y, -guiltiness), (-thirsty), + innocent.
STRONGS H1818: Abbreviations
דָּם 360 noun masculineGenesis 9:6 blood (Late Hebrew id., Arabic دَمً, Ethiopic ደም፡ Assyrian damu Nor239 ZimBP 72, 76; Aramaic דַּם, דְּמָא MeD, axmD) — absolute ד׳ Genesis 37:22 154 times; construct דַּם Genesis 9:6 + 62 times; suffix דָּמִי 1 Samuel 26:20 + 3 times; דָּֽמְךָ 2 Samuel 1:16 (Qr; Kt דמיך) + 4 times; דָּמֵךְ Ezekiel 16:22 + 3 times; דָּמוֺ Genesis 9:4 + 30 times; דָּמָהּ Leviticus 4:30 (twice in verse) + 11 times; דִּמְכֶם Genesis 9:5; דָּמָם Leviticus 16:27 + 11 times; plural דָּמִים Exodus 4:25 + 35 times; construct דְּמֵי Genesis 4:10 + 18 times; suffix דָּמֶיךָ 2 Samuel 1:16 Kt (Qr דָּֽמְךָ); דָּמַיִךְ Ezekiel 16:6 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 16:9; דָּמָיו Leviticus 20:9 + 3 times; דָּמֶיהָ Leviticus 12:7 + 2 times; דְּמֵיהֶם Leviticus 20:11 + 5 times; —
1. blood of man or animal, = the life (נֶפֶשׁ) Genesis 9:4 (P) Deuteronomy 12:23; Leviticus 17:14 (twice in verse) (H); compare נֶפֶשׁ הַבָּשָׂר בַּדָּם הִוא Leviticus 17:11 (H) & דִּמְכֶם לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם Genesis 9:5 (P); see also Psalm 72:14 וְיֵיקַר דָּמָם בְּעֵינָיו; hence blood of animals not to be eaten Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 7:26, 27(all P) Leviticus 17:10 (twice in verse); Leviticus 17:12 (twice in verse); Leviticus 17:14; Leviticus 19:26 (all H) Deuteronomy 12:16, 23; Deuteronomy 15:23; 1 Samuel 14:32, 33, 34; Ezekiel 33:25 (compare RSK 310), but to be poured out & covered with dust Leviticus 17:13 (compare RSSemitic i. 216 f.).
2. usually blood become visible,
a. as from a wound הַמַּכָּה ד׳ 1 Kings 22:35 (compare חֲתַן דָּמִים Exodus 4:25, 26 see below h); licked by dogs 1 Kings 21:19 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 22:38; Ezekiel 32:6; from the nose Proverbs 30:33; bloody issue of a woman Leviticus 15:19 compare Leviticus 15:25; plural דְּמֵי טָֽהֳרָה Leviticus 12:4, 5, & מְקֹר דָּמֶיהָ Leviticus 12:7 (all P) Leviticus 20:18 (H); blood in which child welters Ezekiel 16:6 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 16:22 + Ezekiel 16:6 (strike out A B Co and others); of goat Genesis 37:31 (JE); of slain bird Leviticus 14:6, 51, 52.
b. often object of שָׁפַךְ, spill, shed Genesis 9:6 (P) Genesis 37:22 (E) Numbers 35:33 (P) Leviticus 17:4 (H) Deuteronomy 21:7; 1 Samuel 25:31; 1 Kings 18:28; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4; 1 Chronicles 22:8; Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 22:4, 6, 9, 12, 27; Ezekiel 23:45; Ezekiel 33:25; Ezekiel 36:18 (strike out B Co) Proverbs 1:16 also Psalm 79:3 שָֽׁפְכוּ דָמָם כַּמַּיִם; שֹׁפֵךְ דָּם a blood-shedder Ezekiel 18:10; עִיר שֹׁפֶכֶת דָּם Ezekiel 22:3 compare Ezekiel 22:4 (also 1 Kings 2:31; Jeremiah 22:3, 17; 1 Chronicles 22:8; 1 Chronicles 28:3; Proverbs 6:17; Lamentations 4:13); less often subject of passive שָׁפוּךְ, נִשְׁפָּךְ, etc. Genesis 9:6; Numbers 35:33 (both P) Deuteronomy 19:10; Zephaniah 1:17; Psalm 79:10.
c. דַּם חָלָל Deuteronomy 32:42 (song) blood of slain; חֲלָלִים ד׳ 2 Samuel 1:22 so Numbers 23:24 (JE), object of שָׁתָה, of Israel under figure of lion; compare also Ezekiel 39:17, 18, 19, & 2 Samuel 23:17 = 1 Chronicles 11:19 (דַּם הָאֲנָשִׁים hyperbole for imperilled life); as food of young eagles Job 39:30.
d. often of innocent blood, i.e. blood shed with injustice & cruelty, דָּם נָקִי Deuteronomy 21:8, 9; 1 Samuel 19:5; 2 Kings 21:16; 2 Kings 24:4; Psalm 94:21; Psalm 106:38 compare Psalm 94:38; Proverbs 6:17; Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3 (also Jeremiah 26:15); דָּם נָקִיא Joel 4:19; Jonah 1:14; also in construct דַּם נָקִי Deuteronomy 19:10; compare Deuteronomy 27:25 לְהַכּוֺת נֶפֶשׁ נ׳ ד׳; דַּם הַנָּקִי Deuteronomy 19:13; Jeremiah 22:17; 2 Kings 24:4; דַּם נְקִיִּים Jeremiah 19:4; דַּם נַפְשׁוֺת אֶבְיוֺנִים נְקִיִּים Jeremiah 2:34; further דַּם צַדִּיקִים Lamentations 4:13; דְּמֵי חִנָּם 1 Kings 2:31; in Psalm 31:10 דָּמִי = my death (|| רִדְתִּי אֶלשַֿׁחַת).
e. evenger of blood גֹּאֵל הַדָּם Numbers 35:19, 21, 24, 25, 27 (twice in verse) (all P); Deuteronomy 19:6, 12; Joshua 20:3, 5, 9; 2 Samuel 14:11.
f. plural דָּמִים of abundance, blood in quantity, hence sometimes of blood shed by rude violence, and of blood-stains; — Genesis 4:10, 11(J) as crying from the ground for vengeance (compare RSSemitic i. 397), compare also 2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 16:8; 2 Kings 9:26 (twice in verse); Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 26:21; Ezekiel 16:6 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 16:9, 36 (on text of Ezekiel 16:6 see above) Zechariah 9:7; 2 Chronicles 24:25; דְּמֵי אָדָם Habakkuk 2:8, 17, and in other connections; but interchangeably with singular 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 20:12; 2 Kings 9:33; Isaiah 34:3, 6 (twice in verse); Isaiah 34:7; Ezekiel 21:37; Ezekiel 22:13 (plural Co) Ezekiel 24:8 (twice in verse) and elsewhere; see especially אֶרֶץ אַלתְּֿכַסִּי דָמִי Job 16:18; דְּמֵי ירושׁלם blood-stains of Jerusalem Isaiah 4:4; = slaughter, singular Genesis 37:26 (J) Jeremiah 48:10; Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 28:23 (|| דֶּבֶר) Ezekiel 38:22 (|| id.); דַּםעֲֿבָדָיו Deuteronomy 32:43 (song: compare Psalm 79:10); plural דְּמֵי עֲבָדַי 2 Kings 9:7 (twice in verse); דְּמֵי יִזְרְעֶאל Hosea 1:4; bloodshed at Jezreel; compare דָּמִים בְּדָמִים נָגָ֑עוּ Hosea 4:2; דְּמֵי מִלְחָמָה 1 Kings 2:5 (twice in verse); in Ezekiel 9:9 וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָס (Baer) read דָּמִים for חָמָס see d. H. Vrss Co Comm.; אָרַב לְדָם lie in wait for blood Proverbs 1:11 compare Proverbs 1:18; Proverbs 12:6; Micah 7:2; דָּמִים of a plan of murder Isaiah 33:15 (object of שׁמע); דָּמִים מִשְׁפַּט Ezekiel 7:23 bloody crime; as symbol of oppression, violence Micah 3:10 (|| עַוְלָה), Habakkuk 2:12 (|| id.)
g. דָּמִים = guilt of bloodshed, blood-guiltiness Exodus 22:1, then more generally, mortal sin (RSOTJC 417, 2nd ed. 441, compare Ezekiel 18:13) Psalm 51:16 (compare Hosea 12:15 [Hosea 12:14]); also בּוֺא בְדָמִים 1 Samuel 25:26, 33.
h. plural also in phrases: חֲתַן דָּמִים bloody bridegroom Exodus 4:25, 26; also those denoting character, chiefly in poetry, אִישׁ דָּמִים bloody man (sanguinary) 2 Samuel 16:8; Psalm 5:7 אִישׁ הַדָּמִים 2 Samuel 16:7; אַנְשֵׁי דָּמִים, Psalm 26:9; Psalm 55:24; Psalm 59:3; Psalm 139:19; Proverbs 29:10; ואלבֵּֿית הַדָּמִים bloody house 2 Samuel 21:1 but read with Greek Version of the LXX We Dr ואל בֵּיתֹה דמים, & on his house is blood; עִיר דָּמִים Nahum 3:1; עִיר הַדָּמִים Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 24:6 + Ezekiel 24:9 (strike out B Co).
i. דָּמָיו בּוֺ his blood is in (upon) him, he is responsible for his own death Leviticus 20:9 compare Leviticus 20:11; Leviticus 20:12; Leviticus 20:13; Leviticus 20:16; Leviticus 20:27 (all H), Ezekiel 18:13)+ יִהְיֶה); דָּמוֺ בּוֺ Ezekiel 33:5; דָּמוֺ בְּראֹשׁוֺ Joshua 2:19 (twice in verse); so with שָׁבוּ 1 Kings 2:33, יִהְיֶה 1 Kings 2:37; Ezekiel 33:4; דָּֽמְ֯יךָ עַל ראֹשֶׁ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 1:16, and אֶתדָּֿמוֺ עַלרֿאֹשׁוֺ הֵשִׁיב י׳ 1 Kings 2:32; also לֹא תָשִׂים דָּמִים בְּבֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 22:8; and דָּמָם לָשׂוּם עַל אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Judges 9:24; (אל) על דָּם נָתַן Jeremiah 26:15; Jonah 1:14; וְהָיָה עָלָיךָ דָּמִים Deuteronomy 19:10, see 2 Samuel 21:1 above; also singular Ezekiel 22:4 בְּדָמֵךְ אָשַׁמְתְּ, and as subject of יֵחָשֵׁב לְ shall be imputed to Leviticus 17:4 (H); אֵין לוֺ דָמִים Exodus 22:1 compare Exodus 22:2 (both J E) & (singular) Numbers 35:27 (P).
j. of judicial process in case of bloodshed דָּבָר לְדָם בֵּין־דָּם לַמִּשְׁפָּט Deuteronomy 17:8 compare 2 Chronicles 19:10; לֹא תַּעֲמֹד עַלדַּֿם רֵעֶ֑ךָ Leviticus 19:16 (H).
k. in phrase require blood at the hand of, exact vengeance (for it) from, דָּרַשׁ דָּמוֺ מִיַּד Ezekiel 33:6; Genesis 9:5; דָּמוֺ נִדְרָשׁ Genesis 42:22 (E); absolute דֹּרשׁ דמים Psalm 9:13; אֲבַקֵּשׁ אֶתדָּֿמוֺ מִיֶּדְכֶם 2 Samuel 4:11 compare Ezekiel 3:18, 20; Ezekiel 33:8; עַל־ ד׳ פָּקַד Hosea 1:4; וְנִקֵּיתִי ד׳ Joel 4:21; Ezekiel 35:6 (4 times in verse); compare on the other hand י׳ פְּנֵי מִנֶּגֶד אַרְצָה דָּמִי אַל־יִפֹּל 1 Samuel 26:20 i.e. let it not be unavenged.
l. of blood as defiling a land Numbers 35:33 (P) compare Psalm 106:38 (plural בדמים); עֲקֻבָּה מִדָּם Hosea 6:8 of a city foot-printed (VB) with blood; defiling hands Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 59:3; Lamentations 4:14 compare Ezekiel 23:37, 45; further, of blood as oppressing one who has shed it עָשֻׁק בְּדַם נֶפֶשׁ Proverbs 28:17.
m. atonement for blood-guilt is expressed by הַדָּם לָהֶם וְנִכַּפֵּר Deuteronomy 21:8 (on form of verb compare Ges§ 55, 9 & Di).
n. blood (-shedding) as connected with divine wrath וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֫י חֲמָתִי עָלָיהָ בְּדָם Ezekiel 14:19; דַּם חֵמָה וְקִנְאָה Ezekiel 16:38; see further אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם Deuteronomy 32:42, compare Jeremiah 46:10; compare also of human vengeance by divine help יִרְחַץ בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע Psalm 58:11; תִּמֲחַץ רַגְלְךָ בְּדָם Psalm 68:24; note further Isaiah 49:26; Ezekiel 39:19 (in both figurative of being drunk with blood); then of simple human vengeance וְהוֺרַדְתָּ֫ אֶתשֵֿׂיבָתוֺ בְּדָם שְׁאוֺל 1 Kings 2:9.
o. of water turned into blood (singular) in Egypt, by divine power Exodus 4:9 (J) Exodus 7:17, 20 (JE) Exodus 7:19; Exodus 7:19; Exodus 7:21 (P) Psalm 78:44; Psalm 105:29; compare Isaiah 15:9 & Ezekiel 32:6; further, of appearance of blood in sky Joel 3:3, & of colour of moon Joel 2:4; specifically of red colour of water אֲדֻמִּים כַּדָּם 2 Kings 3:22 compare 2 Kings 3:23.
3. blood used with religious significance,
a. blood of passover-lamb Exodus 12:7, 13 (twice in verse) (all P) Exodus 12:22; Exodus 12:22; Exodus 12:23 (all J E); note also דַּם הַבְּרִית, i.e. blood by which covenant was ratified Exodus 24:8 (JE) Zechariah 9:11.
b. blood used in ritual, Leviticus 17:11 יְכַפֵּר בַּנֶּפֶשׁ הוּא הַדָּם (H); compare 2 Chronicles 29:24; also Ezekiel 44:7, 15 (both || חֵלָב); further Leviticus 1:5; Isaiah 1:11; Psalm 50:13; thrown on altar, verb זָרַק usually with עַל Exodus 24:6 (JE) Exodus 29:16, 20; Leviticus 1:5, 11; Leviticus 3:2, 8, 13; Leviticus 7:2, 14; Leviticus 8:19, 24; Leviticus 9:12, 18 (all P) Leviticus 17:6 (H) Numbers 18:17 (P) Ezekiel 43:18; 2 Kings 16:13, 15 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 29:22 (3 times in verse); compare 2 Chronicles 30:16; sprinkled, verb הִזָּה Leviticus 5:9; Leviticus 16:19 (both P); sprinkled toward tent of meeting (verb הִזָּה) Numbers 19:4 (twice in verse) (P); brought into tent of meeting Leviticus 4:5, 16; Leviticus 6:23; compare Leviticus 10:18 (all P); sprinkled toward the holy of holies (verb הִזָּה) Leviticus 4:6 (twice in verse); Leviticus 4:17; Leviticus 16:14 (twice in verse) (all P); brought within the veil on day of atonement Leviticus 16:15 (3 times in verse) (compare Leviticus 16:14) Leviticus 16:27 (all P); thrown on people Exodus 24:8 (J E; זָרַק); sprinkled on priests (הִזָּה) Exodus 29:21; Leviticus 8:30 (both P); on garment (in sanctuary, הִזָּה) Leviticus 6:20 (P); applied with finger to horns of altar Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7, 18, 25, 30, 34; Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 9:9 (3 times in verse); Leviticus 16:18 (twice in verse) (all P; also Ezekiel 45:19) Ezekiel 43:20; applied to tip of right ear of priest Exodus 29:20; Leviticus 8:23, 24 (all P; also Leviticus 14:14, 25 P); poured out at base of altar (שָׁפַךְ אֶלֿ) Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 4:7, 18, 25, 30, 34 (all P); compare with מָצָה (Niph.) Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 5:9; with יָצַק Leviticus 8:15 (all P); half of blood put in basons Exodus 24:6 (JE); blood poured out on altar Deuteronomy 12:27 (twice in verse); blood of red heifer burned Numbers 19:5 (P); see further such terms as דַּם זִבְחִי Exodus 23:18; Exodus 34:25 (both J E) (compare Deuteronomy 12:27; 2 Kings 16:15); דַּם הַשְּׁלָמִים Leviticus 7:33 (P; compare Leviticus 7:14); הַכִּפֻּרִים חַטָּאת דַּם Exodus 30:10 (P) compare Ezekiel 45:19; דַּם הָאָשָׁם Leviticus 14:14, 17, 25, 28; (see זֶבַח, שֶׁלֶם, חַטָּאת, אָשָׁם); דַּםחֲֿזִיר, swine's blood, as heathen offering Isaiah 66:3; compare נִסְכֵּיהֶם מִדָּם Psalm 16:4 (see Che).
4. figurative of wine דַּםעֲֿנָבִים Genesis 49:11 (blessing of Jacob || יַיִן); compare Deuteronomy 32:14 (song) דַּם עֵנָב תִּשְׁתֶּהחָֿ֑מֶר. — בְּדָֽמְךָ Ezekiel 19:10 probably textual error compare VB; Da prop: בְּרוּמָהּ in her height.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:10; 4:10; 4:11; 9:4; 9:4; 9:5; 9:5; 9:5; 9:6; 9:6; 9:6; 9:6; 37:1; 37:22; 37:22; 37:26; 37:31; 42:22; 49:11

Exodus

4:9; 4:25; 4:25; 4:25; 4:26; 4:26; 7:17; 7:19; 7:19; 7:20; 7:21; 12:7; 12:13; 12:22; 12:22; 12:23; 22:1; 22:1; 22:2; 23:18; 24:6; 24:6; 24:8; 24:8; 29:12; 29:12; 29:16; 29:20; 29:20; 29:21; 30:10; 34:25

Leviticus

1:5; 1:5; 1:11; 1:15; 3:2; 3:8; 3:13; 3:17; 4:5; 4:6; 4:7; 4:7; 4:16; 4:17; 4:18; 4:18; 4:25; 4:25; 4:30; 4:30; 4:30; 4:34; 4:34; 5:9; 5:9; 6:20; 6:23; 7:2; 7:14; 7:14; 7:26; 7:27; 7:33; 8:15; 8:15; 8:19; 8:23; 8:24; 8:24; 8:30; 9:9; 9:12; 9:18; 10:18; 12:4; 12:5; 12:7; 12:7; 14:6; 14:14; 14:14; 14:17; 14:25; 14:25; 14:28; 14:51; 14:52; 15:19; 15:25; 16:14; 16:14; 16:15; 16:18; 16:19; 16:27; 16:27; 17:4; 17:4; 17:6; 17:10; 17:11; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 17:14; 17:14; 19:16; 19:26; 20:9; 20:9; 20:11; 20:11; 20:12; 20:13; 20:16; 20:18; 20:27

Numbers

18:17; 19:4; 19:5; 23:24; 35:19; 35:21; 35:24; 35:25; 35:27; 35:27; 35:33; 35:33; 35:33

Deuteronomy

12:16; 12:23; 12:23; 12:27; 12:27; 15:23; 17:8; 19:6; 19:10; 19:10; 19:10; 19:12; 19:13; 21:7; 21:8; 21:8; 21:9; 22:8; 27:25; 32:14; 32:42; 32:42; 32:43

Joshua

2:19; 20:3; 20:5; 20:9

Judges

9:24

1 Samuel

14:32; 14:33; 14:34; 19:5; 25:26; 25:31; 25:33; 26:20; 26:20

2 Samuel

1:16; 1:16; 1:16; 1:22; 3:27; 3:28; 4:11; 14:11; 16:7; 16:8; 16:8; 20:12; 21:1; 21:1; 23:17

1 Kings

2:5; 2:9; 2:31; 2:31; 2:32; 2:33; 2:37; 18:28; 21:19; 22:35; 22:38

2 Kings

3:22; 3:23; 9:7; 9:26; 9:33; 16:13; 16:15; 16:15; 21:16; 21:16; 24:4; 24:4; 24:4

1 Chronicles

11:19; 22:8; 22:8; 28:3

2 Chronicles

19:10; 24:25; 29:22; 29:24; 30:16

Job

16:18; 39:30

Psalms

5:7; 9:13; 16:4; 26:9; 31:10; 50:13; 51:16; 58:11; 59:3; 68:24; 72:14; 78:44; 79:3; 79:10; 79:10; 94:21; 105:29; 106:38; 106:38; 139:19

Proverbs

1:11; 1:16; 1:18; 6:17; 6:17; 12:6; 28:17; 29:10; 30:33

Isaiah

1:11; 1:15; 1:15; 4:4; 9:4; 15:9; 26:21; 33:15; 34:3; 34:6; 34:7; 49:26; 59:3; 59:7; 66:3

Jeremiah

2:34; 7:6; 19:4; 22:3; 22:3; 22:17; 22:17; 26:15; 26:15; 46:10; 48:10

Lamentations

4:13; 4:13; 4:14

Ezekiel

3:18; 3:20; 5:17; 7:23; 9:9; 14:19; 16:6; 16:6; 16:6; 16:6; 16:6; 16:9; 16:9; 16:22; 16:22; 16:36; 16:38; 16:38; 18:10; 18:13; 18:13; 19:10; 22:2; 22:3; 22:4; 22:4; 22:4; 22:6; 22:9; 22:12; 22:13; 22:27; 23:37; 23:45; 23:45; 24:6; 24:8; 24:9; 28:23; 32:6; 32:6; 33:4; 33:5; 33:6; 33:8; 33:25; 33:25; 35:6; 36:18; 38:22; 39:17; 39:18; 39:19; 39:19; 43:18; 43:20; 44:7; 44:15; 45:19; 45:19

Hosea

1:4; 1:4; 4:2; 6:8; 12:14

Joel

2:4; 3:3

Jonah

1:14; 1:14

Micah

3:10; 7:2

Nahum

3:1

Habakkuk

2:8; 2:12; 2:17

Zephaniah

1:17

Zechariah

9:7; 9:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1818 matches the Hebrew דָּם (dām),
which occurs 361 times in 295 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (Num 19:5–1Ki 2:5)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:5 - And the heifer shall be burned in his sight. Its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up
and as a lion it lifts itself;
it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:33 - You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:16 - Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:23 - Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:27 - and offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, but the flesh you may eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:23 - Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - “If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the LORD your God will choose.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him fatally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:10 - lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12 - then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood[fn] from Israel, so that it may be well with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:7 - and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:8 - Accept atonement, O LORD, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:8 - “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - “‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat[fn] of lambs,
rams of Bashan and goats,
with the very finest[fn] of the wheat—
and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 - “Rejoice with him, O heavens;[fn]
bow down to him, all gods,[fn]
for he avenges the blood of his children[fn]
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him[fn]
and cleanses[fn] his people’s land.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and for the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, till he stood before the congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 - The people pounced on the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered them on the ground. And the people ate them with the blood.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:33 - Then they told Saul, “Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood.” And he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone to me here.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Let every man bring his ox or his sheep and slaughter them here and eat, and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.’” So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night and they slaughtered them there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, because the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord working salvation himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33 - Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:20 - Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:16 - And David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - “From the blood of the slain,
from the fat of the mighty,
the bow of Jonathan turned not back,
and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please let the king invoke the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed.” He said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - And Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:8 - The LORD has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:12 - And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the highway. And anyone who came by, seeing him, stopped. And when the man saw that all the people stopped, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field and threw a garment over him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - and said, “Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging[fn] in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war[fn] on the belt around his[fn] waist and on the sandals on his feet.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.