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דָּם (H1818)

dâm

dawm

from דָּמַם (compare אָדַם); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

דָּם 300 n.m. blood
1 blood of man or animal
2 usually blood become visible
3 blood used with religious significance
4 fig. of wine

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


295 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Deuteronomy 12:27
    And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
  • Deuteronomy 15:23
    Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
  • Deuteronomy 17:8
    If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
  • Deuteronomy 19:6
    Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
  • Deuteronomy 19:10
    That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
  • Deuteronomy 19:12
    Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
  • Deuteronomy 19:13
    Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
  • Deuteronomy 21:7
    And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
  • Deuteronomy 21:8
    Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
  • Deuteronomy 21:9
    So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.