Greek noun (neuter) · G129
αἷμα
haimahah'-ee-mah
In the ordinary sense; In special senses
97 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: haîma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G129is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G129
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
The King James renders it: blood.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
haima is rendered "In the ordinary sense; In special senses". It stands 97 times in the Greek text, across fourteen books.
- Twenty-one of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "In the ordinary sense".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 16:17Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
Matthew 16:17αἷμα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fourteen of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: In the ordinary sense, and In special senses.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| In the ordinary senseMrk.5:25, Luk.8:43,44 22:44, Jhn.19:34, Act.15:20,29 21:25, Rev.8:7,8 11:6 16:3,4,6 19:13. | Tagged as
| WhereMark 5:25And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. |
| In special senses__(a) of generation, origin, kinship (cl.): Jhn.1:13 (see MM, VGT, see word); __(b) as in OT (AR on Eph, l.with), in the phrase σάρξ καὶ... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 16:17Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| αἱματεκχυσία | haimatekchysia | bloodshed | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 97, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- αἷμα40
- αἵματος32
- αἵματι18
- αἷμά3
- αἵματί2
- αἵματός1
- αἱμάτων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular33N-GSN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular23N-NSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular20N-ASN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular20N-DSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1N-GPN
Matthew
eleven uses
Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- αἷμάhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
- αἵματόςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of blood
That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of Blood
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Mark
three uses
And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of blood
Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
- αἷμάhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Luke
eight uses
including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of blood
She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
- αἵματίaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of blood
John
six uses
children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
- αἱμάτωνhaimatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: blood
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
- αἷμάhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Acts
eleven uses
This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of Blood
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: from blood
You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: from blood
But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Romans
three uses
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
1 Corinthians
four uses
Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Galatians
one use
to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: with blood
Ephesians
three uses
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Colossians
one use
and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Hebrews
twenty-one uses
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of blood
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: with blood
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: to blood
Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
1 Peter
two uses
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of blood
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
1 John
four uses
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood —
Revelation
nineteen uses
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- αἵματίaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
- αἵματοςaimatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: blood
And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
- αἷμαhaimanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: blood
For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
- αἷμαhaimanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: blood
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
- αἵματιaimatinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: in blood
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Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
