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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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Matthew 9:20
¶ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 9:20 · retained source text

(¶ And behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres, came behinde him, and touched the hemme of his garment.

Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 16:17 · retained source text

And Iesus answered, and said vnto him, Blessed art thou Simon Bar Iona: for flesh and blood hath not reueiled it vnto thee, but my Father which is in heauen.

Matthew 23:30
And 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 23:30 · retained source text

And say, If wee had beene in the dayes of our fathers, wee would not haue bene partakers with them in the blood of the Prophets.

Matthew 23:35
That 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.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 23:35 · retained source text

That vpon you may come all the righteous blood shed vpon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, vnto the blood of Zacharias, sonne of Barachias, whom yee slew betweene the temple and the altar.

1611 marginal noteGen. 4.8.

Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 26:28 · retained source text

For this is my blood of the new Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sinnes.

Matthew 27:4
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 27:4 · retained source text

Saying, I haue sinned, in that I haue betraied the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to vs? see thou to that.

Matthew 27:6
And 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 27:6 · retained source text

And the chiefe Priests tooke the siluer pieces, and said, It is not lawfull for to put them into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood.

Matthew 27:8
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 27:8 · retained source text

Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood vnto this day.

1611 marginal noteActs. 1.19.

Matthew 27:24
¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 27:24 · retained source text

¶ When Pilate saw that he could preuaile nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, hee tooke water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this iust person: see yee to it.

Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 27:25 · retained source text

Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on vs, and on our children.

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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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