αἷμα ahima

Greek word for “blood” · Strong’s G129 · used 97 times in 90 verses

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Meaning

αἷμα, ατος, τό; blood.;

Senses in the lexicon

• blood (95)
• (Field of) Blood (2)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ahima in context, with how often each is used:

• blood 95
• blood as sacrifices 1
• blood — 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Hebrews 9 (10), Matthew 27 (5), John 6 (4), Hebrews 10 (3), Hebrews 13 (3), Revelation 16 (3), Matthew 23 (2), Mark 5 (2), Luke 8 (2), Luke 11 (2)

Forms

• αἷμα 40
• αἵματος 32
• αἵματι 18
• αἷμά 3
• αἵματί 2
• αἵματός 1
• αἱμάτων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ahima more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐκχέω ekcheō “to pour out” 10
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 11
• διαθήκη diathēkē “covenant” 8
• γῆ gē “earth” 10
• ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 7
• τράγος tragos “he-goat” 4
• πίνω pinō “to drink” 6
• μέγας megas “great” 8
• ἅγιον hagion “Holy Place” 4
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 6
• ῥύσις rhusis “discharge” 3
• πνικτός pniktos “strangled” 3

Key verses

The verses using ahima that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 20:28 — Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath…
• Romans 3:25 — Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the…
• Ephesians 1:7 — In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
• Hebrews 2:14 — Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that…
• Hebrews 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the…
• Hebrews 13:20 — Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 Peter 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace…
• 1 John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• Revelation 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and…
• Revelation 5:9 — And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy…
• Revelation 7:14 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white…
• Revelation 12:11 — And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.