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blood

Meaning of “blood”

Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
447 occurrences375 verses41 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:10

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Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 4:10 · retained source text

And he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me, from the ground.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bloods

Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 4:11 · retained source text

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thy hand.

Genesis 9:4
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 9:4 · retained source text

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 17.14.

Genesis 9:5
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:5 · retained source text

And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans brother will I require the life of man.

Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 9:6 · retained source text

Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

1611 marginal noteMatt. 26.52. reuel. 13.10.

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.27.

Genesis 37:22
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:22 · retained source text

And Reuben saide vnto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wildernesse, and lay no hand vpon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliuer him to his father againe.

Genesis 37:31
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:31 · retained source text

And they tooke Iosephs coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood.

Genesis 42:22
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 42:22 · retained source text

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not vnto you, saying, Doe not sinne against the childe, and ye would not heare? therefore behold also, his blood is required.

1611 marginal noteChap. 37.21.

Genesis 49:11
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 49:11 · retained source text

Binding his foale vnto the vine, and his asses colt vnto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes.

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Historical definitions

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. Life. Slaughter; murder, or bloodshedding. Guilt, and punishment. The juice of any thing, especially if red.

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