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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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Numbers 18:17
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:17 · retained source text

But the firstling of a cowe, or the firstling of a sheepe, or the firstling of a goat thou shalt not redeeme, they are holy: thou shalt sprinckle their blood vpon the Altar, and shalt burne their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet sauour vnto the LORD.

Numbers 19:4
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 19:4 · retained source text

And Eleazar the Priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinckle of her blood directly before the Tabernacle of the Congregation seuen times.

1611 marginal noteHeb. 9.13.

Numbers 19:5
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 19:5 · retained source text

And one shall burne the heifer in his sight: her skinne, and her flesh, and her blood, with her doung, shall he burne.

1611 marginal noteExod. 29.14. leuit. 4.11,12.

Numbers 23:24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 23:24 · retained source text

Beholde, the people shall rise vp as a great Lion, and lift vp himselfe as a yong Lion: hee shall not lie downe vntill he eate of the pray, and drinke the blood of the slaine.

Numbers 35:19
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 35:19 · retained source text

The reuenger of blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

Numbers 35:21
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 35:21 · retained source text

Or in enmitie smite him with his hand, that he die: hee that smote him shall surely be put to death, for hee is a murderer: the reuenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when hee meeteth him.

Numbers 35:25
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 35:25 · retained source text

And the Congregation shall deliuer the slayer out of the hand of the reuenger of blood, and the Congregation shal restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it vnto the death of the high Priest, which was annoynted with the holy oyle.

Numbers 35:27
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 35:27 · retained source text

And the reuenger of blood finde him without the borders of the citie of his refuge, and the reuenger of blood kill the slayer, he shall not be guiltie of blood:

1611 marginal noteHebr. no blood shalbe to him.

Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 35:33 · retained source text

So ye shall not pollute the lande wherein ye are: for blood, it defileth the land: and the land cannot bee cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. there can be no expiation for the land.

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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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