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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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Revelation 16:6
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 16:6 · retained source text

For they haue shedde the blood of Saints and Prophets, and thou hast giuen them blood to drinke: for they are worthy.

Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 17:6 · retained source text

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the Saints, and with the blood of the Martyrs of Iesus: and when I saw her, I wondred with great admiration.

Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 18:24 · retained source text

And in her was found the blood of Prophets, and of Saints, and of all that were slaine vpon the earth.

Revelation 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 19:2 · retained source text

For true and righteous are his iudgements, for hee hath iudged the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath auenged the blood of his seruants at her hand.

Revelation 19:13
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 19:13 · retained source text

And hee was clothed with a vesture dipt in blood, and his name is called, The word of God.

1611 marginal noteEsa. 63.2.

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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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