noun · neuter
haimem
Strong’sG129
blood
stem haim-97 times in the New Testamentin 14 of 27 books4 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Blood in the ordinary, physical sense — the blood of a person or animal 1234.
The word can also point to descent, origin, or kinship — one's blood as indicating where one comes from or who one is related to 13. Related to this is the set phrase "flesh and blood," used to mean human nature as opposed to God or to other spiritual beings 1.
It can describe things that resemble blood in colour, such as the sun or moon appearing blood-red, or blood-coloured liquid from a winepress; by extension the word is also used figuratively for the juice of grapes 123.
It is used of bloodshed or a violent, bloody death, including phrases like "shedding blood" 13.
Finally, it denotes sacrificial blood offered for atonement, both the blood of Old Testament sacrifices and, specially, the atoning blood of Christ 12.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
αἷμα, ατος, τό,
[in LXX for דָּם;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G129 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhah'-ee-mah
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesblood.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
blood, Refs 8th c.BC+: in plural, streams of blood, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of anything like blood, ΒακχίουLXX+5th c.BC+
2.b dye obtained from ἄγχουσα, alkanet, Refs
3 with collateral meaning of spirit, courage, οὐκ ἔχων αἷμα pale, spiritless Refs 4th c.BC+
II bloodshcd, murder, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅμαιμον αἷ. a kinsman's murder, Refs 4th c.BC+; εἴργασται μητρῷον αἷ. Refs 5th c.BC+; αἶ. πράττεινRefs 5th c.BC+; αἷμα τραγοκτόνον shedding of goat's blood, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐφ᾽ αἵματι φεύγειν to avoid trial for murder by going into exile, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural in this sense, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἵματασύγγονα brothers' corpses, Refs 5th c.BC+ —concrete, νεακόνητον αἷ. keen-edged death, i. e. a sword, Refs 5th c.BC+
III blood relationship, kin, αἷ. τε καὶ γένοςRefs 8th c.BC+; τὸ αἷ. τινος his blood or origin, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἷ. ἐμφύλιον incestuous kinship, Refs 5th c.BC+; μητρὸς τῆς ἐμῆς ἐν αἵματι akin to her by blood, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 concrete, of a person, ὦ Διὸς.. αἷμαRefs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
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Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | haimem23×αἷμα | haimeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | haimeu33×αἵματος | haimeiu1×αἱμάτων |
| to, for dative | haime20×αἵματι | haimei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
haime is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
97 occurrences, every one of them listed
haimem“blood”subject or objectdirect singular23×
Matthew 16:17… asō, Simōnor Bariōna, hoti sarkas kai haimem ouk apokaluptata si alla tos patros …… revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
Matthew 23:35hopōs erchateia epi vin pantem haimem dikaiem ekchorōntem epi tau gēau apo …… you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood …
Matthew 26:28houtem gar atō tem haimem mu tau diathēkau tem peri polloiu …This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured …
Matthew 27:25… apokrinirantos pantos tos laos legata; Tem haimem autou epi nin kai epi teim …All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our …
Mark 14:24kai legata autoi; Houtem atō tem haimem mu tau diathēkau tem ekchorōntem huper …… said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured …
Luke 11:50hina ekzētiteia tem haimem pantoiu toiu profētoiu tem ekchorēntem apo …… generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has …
John 6:55… mu alēthas atō brōsias, kai tem haimem mu alēthas atō posias.… flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
John 19:34… tan pleuran nussata, kai exerchata euthuos haimem kai hudem.… side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
Acts 18:6… teim himatieim legata pros autoin; Tem haimem vu epi tan kefalan vu; katharos …… his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I …
Acts 22:20kai hote ekchote tem haimem Stefanou tou marturou su, kai autos …And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed …
1 Corinthians 15:50… de fēamō, adelfoir, hoti sarkas kai haimem basileian theou klēronomara ouk dunotō, oude …… to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God …
Hebrews 9:13ei gar tem haimem tragoiu kai tauroiu kai spodas damaliau …For if the blood of goats and bulls and the …
Hebrews 9:14pose mallon tem haimem tou Christou, hos dia pneumeu aiōnieu …how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal …
Hebrews 9:20legarōntos; Houtem tem haimem tau diathēkau hau enteleta pros vin …saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has …
Hebrews 13:11heiu gar eisferotō zōeiu tem haimem peri hamartau eis teim hagieim dia …Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place …
1 John 1:7… koinōnian echanō meta allēloiu kai tem haimem Iēsu tou huiou autou katharizatō nin …… fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us …
1 John 5:8… pneumem kai tem hudem kai tem haimem, kai tois treis eis tem henem …the Spirit, the water, and the blood — and these three are in agreement.
Revelation 6:12… kai tas selēnas holas geneta hōs haimem,… hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
Revelation 8:8… kai geneta tem tritem tau thalassau haimem,… third of the sea turned to blood,
Revelation 14:20… lēnas exōthen tau polau, kai exerchata haimem ek tau lēnau achri toiu chalinoiu …… trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as …
Revelation 16:3… autou eis tan thalassan; kai geneta haimem hōs nekrou, kai pantas psuchas zōau …… the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and …
Revelation 16:4… tain pēgain teiu hudeiu; kai geneta haimem.… of water, and they turned to blood.
Revelation 18:24kai en auta haimem profētoiu kai hagioiu heuriskita kai pantoiu …… there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of …
haimeu“blood”of, belonging togenitive singular33×
Matthew 23:35… ekchorōntem epi tau gēau apo teu haimeu Habel tou dikaiou heōs teu haimeu …… blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood …
Matthew 23:35… haimeu Habel tou dikaiou heōs teu haimeu Zachariou huiou Barachiou, hon foneuava metaxu …… blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom …
Matthew 27:6… auteim eis ton korbanon, epei timas haimeu atō;… into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
Matthew 27:8dio kalita tos agros ekeinos Agros Haimeu heōs tau sēmeron.… has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
Matthew 27:24… ochlou legarōntos; Athōos amō apo teu haimeu houtou; vis horevi.… I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
Mark 5:25“blood”kai gunaikas arōntas en rusia haimeu dōdeka eteimAnd a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
Mark 5:29“blood”kai euthuos xēranita tas pēgas teu haimeu autau, kai gnōskata te sōme hoti …Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
Luke 8:43“blood”kai gunaikas arōntas en rusia haimeu apo eteiu dōdeka, hotinas iatroi prosanaliskarantas …including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no …
Luke 8:44“blood”… kai parachrēma stēata tas rusias teu haimeu autau.… His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
Luke 11:51apo haimeu Habel heōs haimeu Zachariou tou apolerantou …from the blood of Abel to the blood of …
Luke 11:51apo haimeu Habel heōs haimeu Zachariou tou apolerantou metaxu teu thusiastērieu …… the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between …
Luke 22:44… geneta tos hidrōtos autou hōsei thrombois haimeu katabainarōntois epi tan gēan.… His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Acts 1:19… dialekta autoiu Hakeldamach, houtem atō Chōriem Haimeu.… language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
Acts 15:20… porneiau kai teu pnikteu kai teu haimeu;… meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
Acts 15:29apechorō eidōlothuteiu kai haimeu kai pnikteiu kai porneiau; ek heiu …… from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals …
Acts 20:26… hēmera hoti katharos amō apo teu haimeu pantoiu,… that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
Acts 20:28… tou theou, han peripoieta dia teu haimeu teu idieu.… which He purchased with His own blood.
1 Corinthians 10:16… hem euloganō, ouchi koinōnias atō teu haimeu tou Christou? ton arton hon klanō, …… we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the …
1 Corinthians 11:27… enochos eti teu sōmeu kai teu haimeu tou kuriou.… of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
Ephesians 1:7… ho echanō tan apolutrōsian dia teu haimeu autou, tan afesian teiu paraptōmeiu, kata …… Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according …
Colossians 1:20… panteim eis auton, eirēnopoiarantos dia teu haimeu tou staurou autou, dia autou eite …… heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
Hebrews 2:14Epei oun teim paidieim koinōnatē haimeu kai sarkau, kai autos paraplēsiōs metechata …… since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity …
Hebrews 9:7… eniautou monos tos archierevos, ouk chōris haimeu, hem prosferatō huper heautou kai teiu …… once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and …
Hebrews 9:12oude dia haimeu tragoiu kai moschoiu dia de teu …He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He …
Hebrews 9:12… kai moschoiu dia de teu idieu haimeu, eiserchata efapax eis teim hagieim, aiōnian …… once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
Hebrews 9:18hothen oude tas prōtas chōris haimeu enkainizotē;… was not put into effect without blood.
Hebrews 11:28… tem pascha kai tan proschusian teu haimeu, hina mē tos olothreuarōntos teim prōtotokeim …… the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the …
Hebrews 12:4oupō mechris haimeu antikatastēava pros tan hamartan antagōnizorōntois,… to the point of shedding your blood.
Hebrews 13:12… Iēsus, hina hagiazateia dia teu idieu haimeu ton laon, exō tau pulau paschata.… sanctify the people by His own blood.
1 Peter 1:2… hagiasmo pneumeu, eis hupakoan kai rantismon haimeu Iēsu Christou; charitas vi kai eirēnas …… Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in …
1 John 5:6… atō tos ercharantos dia hudeu kai haimeu, Iēsus Christos; ouk en te hude …… One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ — not by water alone …
Revelation 17:6… horama tan gunaikan methuarōntan ek teu haimeu toiu hagioiu kai ek teu haimeu …… the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for …
Revelation 17:6“blood”… haimeu toiu hagioiu kai ek teu haimeu toiu marturoiu Iēsu. Kai thaumazama horarantos …… 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 …
haime“blood”to, fordative singular20×
Matthew 23:30… an one autoiu koinōnois en te haime toiu profētoiu;… partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Luke 22:20… potēriem tas kainas diathēkas en te haime mu, tem huper vu ekchorōntem.… is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
Romans 3:25… hilastēriem dia pistiau en te autou haime eis endeixian tau dikaiosunau autou dia …… as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate …
Romans 5:9… oun mallon dikaiirantois nun en te haime autou sōzini dia autou apo tau …… have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be …
1 Corinthians 11:25… kainas diathēkas atō en te ēme haime; houtem poiavōr, hosakis ean pinaveiō, eis …… is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you …
Galatians 1:16… ethnei, eutheōs ouk prosanatithema sarka kai haime,… rush to consult with flesh and blood,
Ephesians 2:13… arōntois makran geniva engus en te haime tou Christou.… have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
Hebrews 9:21… panteim teim skeveim tau leitourgiau te haime homoiōs rantizata.… the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels …
Hebrews 9:22kai schedōs en haime panteim katharizotō kata ton nomon, kai …… nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood …
Hebrews 9:25… eis teim hagieim kata eniauton en haime allotrie,… Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
Hebrews 10:19… tan eisodan teiu hagieiu en te haime Iēsu,… the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
Hebrews 12:24kai diathēkau neau mesito Iēso, kai haime rantismou kreittonem lalarōnto para ton Habel.… new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than …
Hebrews 13:20… poimenon teiu probateiu ton megon en haime diathēkau aiōniau, ton kurion nu Iēsun,… God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back …
1 Peter 1:19alla timie haime hōs amnou amōmou kai aspilou Christou,but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish …
1 John 5:6… en te hude kai en te haime; kai tem pneumem atō tem marturarōntem, …… water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who …
Revelation 1:5… ek taiu hamartaiu nu en te haime autou… us from our sins by His blood,
Revelation 5:9… kai agorazasa to theo en te haime su ek pantau fulau kai glōssau …… You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from …
Revelation 7:14… autoiu kai leukanala autain en te haime teu arnieu.… and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 8:7… geneta chalazas kai purem migorēnteim en haime, kai balita eis tan gēan; kai …… and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth …
Revelation 19:13kai peribalorēntos himatiem baptorēntem haime, kai kalotē tem onomem autou tos …… dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word …
haimeiu“blood”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
John 1:13hois ouk ek haimeiu oude ek thelēmeu sarkau oude ek …children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will …
haimem20×
Matthew 27:4legarōntos; Hamartama paradōarantos haimem athōem. tois de legala; Tinem pros …“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to …
Luke 13:1… auto peri toiu Galilaioiu hoiu tem haimem Pilatos migata meta taiu thusiaiu autoiu.… told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
John 6:53… tou anthrōpou kai pinaveia autou tem haimem, ouk echavō zōan en heautoi.… eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you …
John 6:54… tan sarkan kai pinarōntos mu tem haimem echatō zōan aiōnian, kamis anastēami auton …… eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will …
John 6:56… tan sarkan kai pinarōntos mu tem haimem en mi menatō kamis en auto.… eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in …
Acts 2:19… kai sēmeim epi tau gēau katō, haimem kai purem kai atmidan kapnou;… and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
Acts 2:20… eis skotem kai tas selēnas eis haimem prin ē erchara hēmeran kuriou tan …… to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great …
Acts 5:28… kai boulovō epagara epi nin tem haimem tou anthrōpou houtou.… make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
Acts 21:25… fulassorō autoin tem tē eidōlothutem kai haimem kai pniktem kai porneian.… from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals …
Romans 3:15oxuois tois podois autoiu ekchara haimem,“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Ephesians 6:12… ouk atō ni tas palas pros haimem kai sarkan, alla pros tain archain, …… struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the …
Hebrews 9:19… Mōusou panto to lao, labarantos tem haimem toiu moschoiu meta hudeu kai erieu …… all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with …
Hebrews 10:4adunatem gar haimem tauroiu kai tragoiu afairarō hamartain.because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take …
Hebrews 10:29… huion tou theou katapatarantos, kai tem haimem tau diathēkau koinem hēgerantos en he …… the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him …
Revelation 6:10… alēthinor, ouk krinasō kai ekdikasō tem haimem nu ek toiu katoikarōntoiu epi tau …… upon the earth and avenge our blood?”
Revelation 11:6… epi teiu hudeiu strefarō auteim eis haimem kai pataxara tan gēan en panta …… power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with …
Revelation 12:11kai autois nikala auton dia tem haimem teu arnieu kai dia ton logon …They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the …
Revelation 16:6hoti haimem hagioiu kai profētoiu ekchala, kai haimem …For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You …
Revelation 16:6… haimem hagioiu kai profētoiu ekchala, kai haimem autoi dōasē pinara; axiois alō.… prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
Revelation 19:2… ta porneia autau, kai ekdikata tem haimem toiu douloiu autou ek cheirau autau.… her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured …