For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
The 1611 reading
For they haue shedde the blood of Saints and Prophets, and thou hast giuen them blood to drinke: for they are worthy.
KJV dictionary & concordance
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.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 4:10
Complete exact-word concordance
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
For they haue shedde the blood of Saints and Prophets, and thou hast giuen them blood to drinke: for they are worthy.
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.
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.
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
And in her was found the blood of Prophets, and of Saints, and of all that were slaine vpon the earth.
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.
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.
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
And hee was clothed with a vesture dipt in blood, and his name is called, The word of God.
1611 marginal noteEsa. 63.2.
Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.
Source order
Historical English dictionary sources
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.