αἷμα

αἷμα, ατος, τό,

[in LXX for דָּם ;]

blood.

1. In the ordinary sense: Mark 5,25, Luk 8,43,44; 22,44, Joh 19,34, ApG 15,20,29; 21,25, Åb 8,7,8; 11,6; 16,3,4,6; 19,13.

2. In special senses:

(a) of generation, origin, kinship (cl.): Joh 1,13 (see MM, VGT, see word);

(b) as in OT (AR on Eph, l.with), in the phrase σάρξ καὶ αἷ. (αἷ. κ. σ.), to indicate human nature as opposite to God and created spirits: Matt 16,17, 1 Kor 15,50, Gal 1,16, Ef 6,12, Hebr 2,14;

(with) of things in colour resembling blood: ApG 2,19,20, Åb 6,12; 14,18-20.

(d) of bloodshed, a bloody death (cl.): Matt 23,30,35; 27,4,6,8,24,25, Luk 11,50,51; 13,1, ApG 1,19; 5,28; 18,6; 20,26; 22,20, Hebr 12,4, Åb 6,10; 17,6; 18,24; 19,2 ; αἷ. ἐκχέειν (Deiss., LAE, 428; MM, VGT, see word, αἷ.), Rom 3,15, Åb 16,6;

(e) of sacrificial blood, as an expiation: Hebr 9,7,12,13,18-22,25; 10,4; 11,28; 13,11; of the blood of Christ, Matt 26,28, Mark 14,24, Luk 22,20, Joh 6,53,54,56, ApG 20,28, Rom 3,25; 5,9, 1 Kor 10,16; 11,25,27, Ef 1,7; 2,13, Kol 1,20, Hebr 9,12,14; 10,19,29; 12,24; 13,20, 1 Pet 1,2,19, 1 Joh 1,7 (1 Joh 5,6,8), Åb 1,5; 5,9; 7,14; 12,11. (Cremer, 69 f., 612 f.)

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