Definition

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)

Etymology

from H1826 (דָּמַם) (compare H119 (אָדַם));

Where the KJV renders it

• blood(-y
• -guiltiness
• (-thirsty)
• innocent

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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