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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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Job 16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 16:18 · retained source text

O earth couer not thou my blood, and let my cry haue no place.

Job 39:30
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 39:30 · retained source text

Her yong ones also suck vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is he.

1611 marginal noteMatt. 24.28. luke 17.37.

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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.

volume 1, leaf 286, column 1-2 (main dictionary)

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