דָּם
blood
‘blood’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
See every Absolute-state word in the Hebrew Bible →
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
149 distinct verses where H1818 appears in the Construct state, across 25 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 8 verses
- Genesis 4:10 דְּמֵ֣י n c mp cs Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
- Genesis 4:11 דְּמֵ֥י n c mp cs Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
- Genesis 9:4 דָמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But flesh with the life of it, the blood of it, you shall not eat.
- Genesis 9:5 דִּמְ/כֶ֤ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
- Genesis 9:6 דַּ֣ם דָּמ֣/וֹ n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.
- Genesis 37:26 דָּמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
- Genesis 42:22 דָּמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."
- Genesis 49:11 וּ/בְ/דַם conj + prep + n c ms cs Binding his foal to the vine, His donkey's colt to the choice vine; He has washed his garments in wine, His robes in the blood of grapes:
Exodus 7 verses
- Exodus 23:18 דַּם n c ms cs "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
- Exodus 24:8 הַ/דָּ֔ם דַֽם ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."
- Exodus 29:12 מִ/דַּ֣ם הַ/דָּ֣ם prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.
- Exodus 29:16 דָּמ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
- Exodus 29:20 מִ/דָּמ/וֹ֙ הַ/דָּ֛ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood on the altar round about.
- Exodus 30:10 מִ/דַּ֞ם prep + n c ms cs Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year he shall make atonement for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh."
- Exodus 34:25 דַּם n c ms cs "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left to the morning.
Leviticus 43 verses
- Leviticus 1:11 דָּמ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh. Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.
- Leviticus 1:15 דָמ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar;
- Leviticus 3:8 דָּמ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 3:13 דָּמ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 4:5 מִ/דַּ֣ם prep + n c ms cs The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:7 הַ/דָּ֜ם דַּ֣ם ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of meeting; and he shall pour out all the blood of the bull out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:16 מִ/דַּ֣ם prep + n c ms cs The anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bull to the Tent of Meeting:
- Leviticus 4:25 מִ/דַּ֤ם דָּמ֣/וֹ prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:30 מִ/דָּמָ/הּ֙ דָּמָ֣/הּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:34 מִ/דַּ֤ם דָּמָ֣/הּ prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 5:9 מִ/דַּ֤ם בַּ/דָּ֔ם prep + n c ms cs prep det + n c ms He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 6:27 מִ/דָּמָ/הּ֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
- Leviticus 6:30 מִ/דָּמָ֜/הּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with fire.
- Leviticus 7:2 דָּמ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms In the place where they kill the burnt offering, he shall kill the trespass offering; and its blood he shall sprinkle on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 7:14 דַּ֥ם n c ms cs Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave offering to Yahweh. It shall be the priest's who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.
- Leviticus 7:33 דַּ֧ם n c ms cs He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion.
- Leviticus 8:23 מִ/דָּמ֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 10:18 דָּמָ֔/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Behold, its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary: you certainly should have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded."
- Leviticus 12:4 בִּ/דְמֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.
- Leviticus 12:5 דְּמֵ֥י n c mp cs But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days.
- Leviticus 12:7 דָּמֶ֑י/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs and he shall offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. "'This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female.
- Leviticus 14:6 בְּ/דַם֙ prep + n c ms cs As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.
- Leviticus 14:14 מִ/דַּ֣ם prep + n c ms cs The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 14:17 דַּ֥ם n c ms cs The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.
- Leviticus 14:25 מִ/דַּ֣ם prep + n c ms cs He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
- Leviticus 14:28 דַּ֥ם n c ms cs Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.
- Leviticus 14:51 בְּ/דַם֙ prep + n c ms cs He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
- Leviticus 14:52 בְּ/דַם֙ prep + n c ms cs He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;
- Leviticus 15:25 דָּמָ֜/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs "'If a woman has a discharge of her blood many days not in the time of her period, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her period; all the days of the discharge of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her period: she is unclean.
- Leviticus 16:14 מִ/דַּ֣ם הַ/דָּ֖ם prep + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
- Leviticus 16:15 דָּמ֔/וֹ דָּמ֗/וֹ לְ/דַ֣ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs "Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
- Leviticus 16:18 מִ/דַּ֤ם וּ/מִ/דַּ֣ם prep + n c ms cs conj + prep + n c ms cs "He shall go out to the altar that is before Yahweh and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the bull's blood, and some of the goat's blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about.
- Leviticus 16:27 דָּמָ/ם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire.
- Leviticus 17:13 דָּמ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
- Leviticus 17:14 דָּמ֣/וֹ דַּ֥ם דָּמ֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."
- Leviticus 19:16 דַּ֣ם n c ms cs "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 20:9 דָּמָ֥י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms "'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- Leviticus 20:11 דְּמֵי/הֶ֥ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Leviticus 20:12 דְּמֵי/הֶ֥ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood shall be upon them.
- Leviticus 20:13 דְּמֵי/הֶ֥ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Leviticus 20:16 דְּמֵי/הֶ֥ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp "'If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Leviticus 20:18 דָּמֶ֑י/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
- Leviticus 20:27 דְּמֵי/הֶ֥ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp "'A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.'"
Numbers 5 verses
- Numbers 18:17 דָּמָ֞/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor to Yahweh.
- Numbers 19:4 מִ/דָּמָ֖/הּ מִ/דָּמָ֖/הּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.
- Numbers 19:5 דָּמָ֔/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
- Numbers 23:24 וְ/דַם conj + n c ms cs Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion does he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, Drink the blood of the slain.
- Numbers 35:33 הַ/דָּ֔ם לַ/דָּם֙ בְּ/דַ֥ם ptcl def.art + n c ms prep det + n c ms prep + n c ms cs So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.
Deuteronomy 6 verses
- Deuteronomy 12:27 וְ/הַ/דָּ֔ם וְ/דַם conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms conj + n c ms cs and you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God; and you shall eat the flesh.
- Deuteronomy 15:23 דָּמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground as water.
- Deuteronomy 19:13 דַֽם n c ms cs Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
- Deuteronomy 32:14 וְ/דַם conj + n c ms cs Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, Rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
- Deuteronomy 32:42 מִ/דָּ֔ם מִ/דַּ֤ם prep + n c ms prep + n c ms cs I will make my arrows drunk with blood, My sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
- Deuteronomy 32:43 דַם n c ms cs Rejoice, you nations, [with] his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, Will render vengeance to his adversaries, Will make expiation for his land, for his people.
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 1 verse
2 Samuel 7 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:16 דמי/ך דָּמְ/ךָ֖ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.
- 2 Samuel 1:22 מִ/דַּ֣ם prep + n c ms cs From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan didn't turn back, The sword of Saul didn't return empty.
- 2 Samuel 3:27 בְּ/דַ֖ם prep + n c ms cs When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2 Samuel 3:28 מִ/דְּמֵ֖י prep + n c mp cs Afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
- 2 Samuel 4:11 דָּמ/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
- 2 Samuel 16:8 דְּמֵ֣י דָּמִ֖ים n c mp cs n c mp Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and, behold, you are [taken] in your own mischief, because you are a man of blood.
- 2 Samuel 23:17 הֲ/דַ֤ם ptcl inter + n c ms cs He said, Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this: [shall I drink] the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
1 Kings 8 verses
- 1 Kings 2:5 דְּמֵֽי דְּמֵ֣י n c mp cs n c mp cs Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:31 דְּמֵ֣י n c mp cs The king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
- 1 Kings 2:32 דָּמ֜/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it, [to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
- 1 Kings 2:33 דְמֵי/הֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 2:37 דָּמְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know you for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head.
- 1 Kings 21:19 דַּ֣ם דָּמְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Have you killed and also taken possession? You shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.
- 1 Kings 22:35 דַּֽם n c ms cs The battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
- 1 Kings 22:38 דָּמ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood (now the prostitutes washed themselves [there]); according to the word of Yahweh which he spoke.
2 Kings 6 verses
- 2 Kings 9:7 דְּמֵ֣י וּ/דְמֵ֛י n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel.
- 2 Kings 9:26 דְּמֵ֣י דְּמֵ֨י n c mp cs n c mp cs Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says Yahweh; and I will requite you in this plat, says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 9:33 מִ/דָּמָ֧/הּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs He said, Throw her down. So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot.
- 2 Kings 16:13 דַּֽם n c ms cs He burnt his burnt offering and his meal-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings, on the altar.
- 2 Kings 16:15 דַּ֥ם דַּם n c ms cs n c ms cs King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
- 2 Kings 24:4 דַּֽם דָּ֣ם n c ms cs n c ms and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 בִּ/דְמֵי֙ prep + n c mp cs When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they didn't bury him in the tombs of the kings.
- 2 Chronicles 29:24 דָּמָ/ם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded [that] the burnt offering and the sin-offering [should be made] for all Israel.
Job 1 verse
Psalms 7 verses
- Psalms 30:9 בְּ/דָמִ/י֮ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
- Psalms 50:13 וְ/דַ֖ם conj + n c ms cs Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
- Psalms 58:10 בְּ/דַ֣ם prep + n c ms cs The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
- Psalms 72:14 דָּמָ֣/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
- Psalms 79:3 דָמָ֨/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
- Psalms 79:10 דַּֽם n c ms cs Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, That vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.
- Psalms 106:38 דָ֪ם דַּם בַּ/דָּמִֽים n c ms n c ms cs prep det + n c mp They shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.
Proverbs 2 verses
Isaiah 7 verses
- Isaiah 1:11 וְ/דַ֨ם conj + n c ms cs "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats.
- Isaiah 4:4 דְּמֵ֥י n c mp cs when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
- Isaiah 26:21 דָּמֶ֔י/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Isaiah 34:3 מִ/דָּמָֽ/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
- Isaiah 34:6 דָם֙ מִ/דַּ֤ם n c ms prep + n c ms cs The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Isaiah 49:26 דָּמָ֣/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 66:3 דַּם n c ms cs He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
Jeremiah 5 verses
- Jeremiah 2:34 דַּ֛ם n c ms cs Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: you did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
- Jeremiah 19:4 דַּ֥ם n c ms cs Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they didn't know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
- Jeremiah 22:17 דַּֽם n c ms cs But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
- Jeremiah 46:10 מִ/דָּמָ֑/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
- Jeremiah 51:35 וְ/דָמִ/י֙ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 22 verses
- Ezekiel 3:18 וְ/דָמ֖/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 3:20 וְ/דָמ֖/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 16:6 בְּ/דָמָ֑יִ/ךְ בְּ/דָמַ֣יִ/ךְ בְּ/דָמַ֥יִ/ךְ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs When I passed by you, and saw you weltering in your blood, I said to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live; yes, I said to you, [Though you are] in your blood, live.
- Ezekiel 16:9 דָּמַ֖יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Then washed I you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
- Ezekiel 16:22 בְּ/דָמֵ֖/ךְ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and was weltering in your blood.
- Ezekiel 16:36 וְ/כִ/דְמֵ֣י conj + prep + n c mp cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Because your filthiness was poured out, and your nakedness uncovered through your prostitution with your lovers; and because of all the idols of your abominations, and for the blood of your children, that you gave to them;
- Ezekiel 16:38 דָּ֑ם דַּ֥ם n c ms n c ms cs I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
- Ezekiel 18:13 דָּמָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.
- Ezekiel 19:10 בְּ/דָמְ/ךָ֖ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
- Ezekiel 21:32 דָּמֵ֥/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs You shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall be no more remembered: for I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
- Ezekiel 22:4 בְּ/דָמֵ֨/ךְ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
- Ezekiel 22:13 דָּמֵ֔/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.
- Ezekiel 24:7 דָמָ/הּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the bare rock; she didn't pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.
- Ezekiel 24:8 דָּמָ֖/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
- Ezekiel 32:6 מִ/דָּמְ/ךָ֖ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms I will also water with your blood the land in which you swim, even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of you.
- Ezekiel 33:4 דָּמ֥/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and doesn't take warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be on his own head.
- Ezekiel 33:5 דָּמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He heard the sound of the trumpet, and didn't take warning; his blood shall be on him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
- Ezekiel 33:6 וְ/דָמ֖/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn't blow the trumpet, and the people aren't warned, and the sword comes, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
- Ezekiel 33:8 וְ/דָמ֖/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 39:18 וְ/דַם conj + n c ms cs You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
- Ezekiel 43:20 מִ/דָּמ֗/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall take of the blood of it, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border round about: thus shall you cleanse it and make atonement for it.
- Ezekiel 45:19 מִ/דַּ֣ם prep + n c ms cs The priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering, and put it on the door-posts of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court.
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 1:4 דְּמֵ֤י n c mp cs Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
- Hosea 12:14 וְ/דָמָי/ו֙ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Ephraim has provoked to anger most bitterly. Therefore his blood will be left on him, And his his Lord will repay his contempt.
Joel 1 verse
Habakkuk 2 verses
- Habakkuk 2:8 מִ/דְּמֵ֤י prep + n c mp cs Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.
- Habakkuk 2:17 מִ/דְּמֵ֤י prep + n c mp cs For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of the animals, which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to every city and to those who dwell in them.
Zephaniah 1 verse
Zechariah 2 verses
- Zechariah 9:7 דָמָ֜י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms I will take away his blood out of his mouth, And his abominations from between his teeth; And he also will be a remnant for our God; And he will be as a chieftain in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.
- Zechariah 9:11 בְּ/דַם prep + n c ms cs As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
דם (dâm) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “blood.” Debuting at Genesis 4:10, it then recurs through the corpus. With 295 verses in 28 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. It is not a single-sense word — see its full sense range. From the same root come דמם, דומם and דממה. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1818 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 295
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 295 distinct verses.
- 28 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 28 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #137
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 137 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 295 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 295 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 131 verses · 44%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 125 verses · 42%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 39 verses · 13%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Blood 285×, Bloody 11×, All the blood 7×
- American Standard Version: Blood 263×, All the blood 7×, Bloody 6×
- Berean Standard Bible: Blood 247×, Bloodshed 34×, Some of the blood 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Blood 241×, Blood of 55×, Bloodshed 18×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1818 across 358 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 39 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1818 across 357 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 56 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1818 across 347 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 13 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1818 across 373 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 19 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
16 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 16 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. blood of man or animal, = the life (נֶפֶשׁ) Gn 9:4 (P) Dt 12:23; Lv 17:14(×2) (H); cf. נֶפֶשׁ הַבָּשָׂר בַּדָּם הִוא v 11 (H & דִּמְכֶם לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם Gn 9:5 (P); see also ψ 72:14 וְיֵיקַר דָּמָם בְּעֵינָיו; hence blood of animals not to be eaten Lv 3:17; 7:26, 27 (all P) 17:10(×2), 12(×2), 14; 19:26 (all H) Dt 12:16, 23; 15:23; 1 S 14:32, 33, 34; Ez 33:25 (cf. RSK 310), but to be poured out & covered with dust Lv 17:13 (cf. RSSem i. 216 f.). e.g. Genesis 9:4
- 2. usually blood become visible,
- a. as from a wound ד׳ הַמַּכָּה 1 K 22:35 (cf. חֲתַן דָּמִים Ex 4:25, 26 v. infr. h); licked by dogs 1 K 21:19(×2); 22:38; Ex 32:6; from the nose Pr 30:33; bloody issue of a woman Lv 15:19 cf. v 25; pl. דְּמֵי טָֽהֳרָה 12:4, 5, & מְקֹר דָּמֶיהָ v 7 (all P) 20:18 (H); blood in which child welters Ez 16:6(×2), 22 + v 6 (del. A B 𝔖 Co al.); of goat Gn 37:31 (JE); of slain bird Lv 14:6, 51, 52. e.g. 1 Kings 22:35
- b. often obj. of שָׁפַךְ spill, shed Gn 9:6 (P); 37:22 (E); Nu 35:33 (P); Lv 17:4 (H); Dt 21:7; 1 S 25:31; 1 K 18:28; 2 K 21:16; 24:4; 1 Ch 22:8; Ez 16:38; 22:4, 6, 9, 12, 27; 23:45; 33:25; 36:18 (del. B Co) Pr 1:16; also ψ 79:3 שָֽׁפְכוּ דָמָם כַּמַּיִם; שֹׁפֵךְ דָּם a blood-shedder Ez 18:10; עִיר שֹׁפֶכֶת דָּם Ez 22:3 cf. v 4 (also 1 K 2:31; Je 22:3, 17; 1 Ch 22:8; 28:3; Pr 6:17; La 4:13); less often subj. of pass. שָׁפוּךְ, נִשְׁפָּךְ, etc. Gn 9:6; Nu 35:33 (both P); Dt 19:10; Zp 1:17; ψ 79:10. e.g. Genesis 9:6
- c. דַּם חָלָל Dt 32:42 (song) blood of slain; ד׳ חֲלָלִים 2 S 1:22 so Nu 23:24 (JE), obj. of שָׁתָה, of Isr. under fig. of lion; cf. also Ez 39:17, 18, 19, & 2 S 23:27 = 1 Ch 11:19 (דַּם הָאֲנָשִׁים hyperbol. for imperilled life); as food of young eagles Jb 39:30. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:42
- d. often of innocent blood, i.e. blood shed with injustice & cruelty, דָּם נָקִי Dt 21:8, 9; 1 S 19:5; 2 K 21:16; 24:4 ψ 94:21; 106:38 cf. v 38 Pr 6:17; Is 59:7; Je 7:6; 22:3 (also 26:15); דָּם נָקִיא Jo 4:19; Jon 1:14; also in cstr. דַּם נָקִי Dt 19:10; cf. 27:25 לְהַכּוֹת נֶפֶשׁ ד׳ נ׳; דַּם הַנָּקִי Dt 19:13; Je 22:17; 2 K 24:4; דַּם נְקִיִּים Je 19:4; דַּם נַפְשׁוֹת אֶבְיוֹנִים נְקִיִּים Je 2:34; further דַּם צַדִּיקִים La 4:13; דְּמֵי חִנָּם 1 K 2:31; in ψ 30:10 דָּמִי = my death (‖ רִדְתִּי אֶל־שַׁחַת e.g. Deuteronomy 21:8
- e. avenger of blood גֹּאֵל הַדָּם Nu 35:19, 21, 24, 25, 27(×2) (all P); Dt 19:6, 12; Jos 20:3, 5, 9; 2 S 14:11. e.g. Numbers 35:19
- f. pl. דָּמִים of abundance, blood in quantity, hence sometimes of blood shed by rude violence, and of blood-stains;—Gn 4:10, 11 (J) as crying from the ground for vengeance (cf. RSSem i. 397), comp. also 2 S 3:28; 16:8; 2 K 9:26(×2); Is 1:15; 9:4; 26:21; Ez 16:6(×3), 9, 36 (on text of v 6 vid. supr.) Zc 9:7; 2 Ch 24:25; דְּמֵי אָדָם Hb 2:8, 17, and in other connexions; but interchangeably with sg. 2 S 3:27; 20:12; 2 K 9:33; Is 34:3, 6,(×2), 7; Ez 21:37; 22:13 (pl. Co) 24:8(×2) al.; v. especially אֶרֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּי דָמִי Jb 16:18; דְּמֵי ירושׁלם blood-stains of Jerusalem Is 4:4; = slaughter, sg. Gn 37:26 (J); Je 48:10; Ez 5:17; 28:23 (‖ דֶּבֶר) 38:22 (‖ id.); דַּם־עֲבָדָיו Dt 32:43 (song: cf. ψ 79:10); pl. דְּמֵי עֲבָדַי 2 K 9:7(×2); דְּמֵי יִזְרְעֶאל Ho 1:4 bloodshed at Jezreel; cf. דָּמִים בְּדָמִים נָנָ֑עוּ Ho 4:2; דְּמֵי מִלְחָמָה 1 K 2:5(×2); in Ez 9:9 וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָם (Bear) read דָּמִים for חָמָס v. d. H Vrss Co Comm.; אָרַב לְדָם lie in wait for blood Pr 1:11 cf. v 18; 12:6; Mi 7:2; דָּמִים of a plan of murder Is 33:15 (obj. of שׁמע); מִשְׁפַּט דָּמִים Ez 7:23 bloody crime; as symbol of oppression, violence Mi 3:10 (‖ עַוְלָה), Hb 2:12 (‖ id.) e.g. Genesis 4:10
- g. דָּמִים = guilt of bloodshed, blood-guiltiness Ex 22:1, then more generally, mortal sin (RSOTJC 417, 2nd ed. 441, cf. Ez 18:13) ψ 51:16 (cf. Ho 12:15); also בּוֹא בְדָמִים 1 S 25:26, 33. e.g. Exodus 22:1
- h. pl. also in phrases: חֲתַן דָּמִים bloody bridegroom Ex 4:25, 26; also those denoting character, chiefly poet., אִישׁ הַדָּמִים bloody man (sanguinary) 2 S 16:8 ψ 5:7 אִישׁ הַדָּמִים 2 S 16:7; אַנְשֵׁי דָּמִים, ψ 26:9; 55:24; 59:3; 139:19; Pr 29:10; ואל־בֵּית הַדָּמִים bloody house 2 S 21:1 but read with 𝔊 We Dr ואל בֵּיתֹה דמים, & on his house is blood; עִיר דָּמִים Na 3:1; עִיר הַדָּמִים Ez 22:2; 24:6 + v 9 (del. B Co). e.g. Exodus 4:25
- i. דָּמָיו בּוֹ his blood is in (upon) him, he is responsible for his own death Lv 20:9 cf. v 11, 12, 13, 16, 27 (all H), Ez 18:13 (+ יִהְיֶה); דָּמוֹ בּוֹ Ez 33:5; דָּמוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ Jos 2:19(×2); so with שָׁבוּ 1 K 2:33 יִהְיֶה v 37; Ez 33:4; דָּֽמְי֯ךָ עַל רֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ 2 S 1:16, and הֵשִׁיב י׳ אֶת־דָּמוֹ עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ 1 K 2:32; also לֹא תָשִׂים דָּמִים בְּבֵיתְךָ Dt 22:8; and דָּמָם לָשׁוּם עַל אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Ju 9:24; (אל) נָתַן דָּם על Je 26:15; Jon 1:14; וְהָיָה עָלֶיךָ דָּמִים Dt 19:10, v 2 S 21:1 supr.; also sg. Ez 22:4 בְּדָמֵךְ אָשַׁמְתְּ, and as subj. of יֵחָשֵׁב לְ shall be imputed to Lv 17:4 (H); אֵין לוֹ דָמִים Ex 22:1 cf. v 2 (both JE) & (sg.) Nu 35:27 (P) e.g. Leviticus 20:9
- j. of judicial process in case of bloodshed דָּבָר לַמִּשְׁפָּט בֵּין־דָּם לְדָם Dt 17:8 cf. 2 Ch 19:10; לֹא תַּעֲמֹד עַל־דַּם רֵעֶ֑ךָ Lv 19:16 (H). k. in phrase require blood at the hand of, exact vengeance (for it) from, דָּרַשׁ דָּמוֹ מִיַד Ez 33:6; Gn 9:5; דָּמוֹ נִדְרָשׁ Gn 42:22 (E); abs. דֹּרשׁ דמים ψ 9:13; אֲבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־דָּמוֹ מִיֶּדְכֶם 2 S 4:11 cf. Ez 3:18, 20; 33:8; פָּקַד ד׳ עַל־ Ho 1:4; וְנִקֵּיתִי ד׳ Jo 4:21; Ez 35:6(×4); cf. on the other hand אַל־יִפֹּל דָּמִי אַרְצָה מִנֶּגֶד פְּנֵי י׳ 1 S 26:20 i.e. let it not be unavenged. l. of blood as defiling a land Nu 35:33 (P) cf. ψ 106:38 (pl. בדמים); עֲקֻבָּה מִדָּם Ho 6:8 of a city foot-printed (VB) with blood; defiling hands Is 1:15; 59:3; La 4:14 cf. Ez 23:37, 45; further, of blood as oppressing one who has shed it עָשֻׁק בְּדַם נֶפֶשׁ Pr 28:17. m. atonement for blood-guilt is expressed by וְנִכַּפֵּר לָהֶם הַדָּם Dt 21:8 (on form of vb. cf. Ges§ 55.9 & Di). n. blood (-shedding) as connected with divine wrath וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֫י חֲמָתִי עָלֶיהָ בְּדָם Ez 14:19; דַּם חֵמָה וְקִנְאָה Ez 16:38; v. further אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם Dt 32:42, cf. Je 46:10; cf. also of human vengeance by divine help יִרְחַץ בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע ψ 58:11; תִּמֲחַץ רַגְלְךָ בְּדָם 68:24; note further Is 49:26; Ez 39:19 (in both fig. of being drunk with blood); then of simple human vengeance וְהוֹרַדְתָּ֫ אֶת־שֵׂיבָתוֹ בְּדָם שְׁאוֹל 1 K 2:9. o. of water turned into blood (sg.) in Egypt, by divine power Ex 4:9 (J); 7:17, 20 (JE); v 19(×2), 21 (P) ψ 78:44; 105:29; cf. Is. 15:9 & Ez 32:6; further, of appearance of blood in sky Jo 3:3, & of colour of moon v 4; specifically of red colour of water אֲדֻמִּים כַּדָּם 2 K 3:22; cf. v 23. e.g. Deuteronomy 17:8
- 3. blood used with religious significance,
- a. blood of passover-lamb Ex 12:7, 13(×2) (all P) v 22(×2), 23 (all JE); note also דַּם הַבְּרִית i.e. blood by which a covenant was ratified Ex 24:8 (JE) Zc 9:11. e.g. Exodus 12:7
- b. blood used in ritual, Lv 17:11 הַדָּם הוּא בַּנֶּפֶשׁ יְכַפֵּר (H); cf. 2 Ch 29:24; also Ez 44:7, 15 (both ‖ חֵלֶב); further Lv 1:5; Is 1:11 ψ 50:13; thrown on altar, vb. זָרַק usually c. עַל Ex 24:6 (JE); 29:16, 20; Lv 1:5, 11; 3:2, 8, 13; 7:2, 14; 8:19, 24; 9:12, 18 (all P); 17:6 (H); Nu 18:17 (P) Ez 43:18; 2 K 16:13, 15(×2) 2 Ch 29:22(×3) cf. 30:16; sprinkled, vb. הִזָּה Lv 5:9; 16:19 (both P); sprinkled toward tent of meeting (vb. הִזָּה) Nu 19:4(×2) (P); brought into tent of meeting Lv 4:5, 16; 6:23; cf. 10:18 (all P); sprinkled toward the holy of holies (vb. הִזָּה) Lv 4:6(×2), 17; 16:14(×2) (all P); brought within the veil on day of atonement Lv 16:15(×3) (cf. v 14) v 27 (all P); thrown on people Ex 24:8 (JE; זָרַק); sprinkled on priests (הִזָּה) Ex 29:21; Lv 8:30 (both P); on garment (in sanctuary, הִזָּה) Lv 6:20 (P); applied with finger to horns of altar Ex 29:12; Lv 4:7, 18, 25, 30, 34; 8:15; 9:9(×3); 16:18(×2) (all P; cf. also Ez 45:19) Ez 43:20; applied to tip of right ear of priest Ex 29:20; Lv 8:23, 24 (all P; also Lv 14:14, 25 P); poured out at base of altar (שָׁפַךְ אֶל־) Ex 29:12; Lv 4:7, 18, 25, 30, 34 (all P); cf. with מָצָה (Niph.) Lv 1:15; 5:9; with יָצַק 8:15 (all P); half of blood put in basons Ex 24:6 (JE); blood poured out on altar Dt 12:27(×2); blood of red heifer burned Nu 19:5 (P); vid. further such terms as דַּם זִבְחִי Ex 23:18; 34:25 (both JE) (cf. Dt 12:27; 2 K 16:15); דַּם הַשְּׁלָמִים Lv 7:33 (P; cf. v 14); דַּם חַטָּאת הַכִּפֻּרִים Ex 30:10 (P) cf. Ez 45:19; דּם הָאָשָׁם Lv 14:14, 17, 25, 28; (v זֶבַח, שֶׁלֶם, חַטָּאת, אָשָׁם); דַּם־חֲזִיר, swine’s blood, as heathen offering Is 66:3; cf. נִסְכֵּיהֶם מִדָּם ψ 16:4 (v. Che). e.g. Leviticus 17:11
- 4. fig. of wine דַּם־עֲנָבִים Gn 49:11 (blessing of Jacob ‖ יַיִן); cf. Dt 32:14 (song) דַּם עֵנָב תִּשְׁתֶּה־הָ֑מֶר—בְּדָֽמְךָ Ez 19:10 prob. text. error cf. VB; Da proposes בְּרוּמָהּ in her height. e.g. Genesis 49:11
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Gn 9:6 blood (NH id. Arabic دَمٌ, Ethiopic ደም: Assyrian damu Nor 239 ZimBP 72, 76; Aramaic דַּם, דְּמָא, ܕܶܡ, ܕܡܳܐ )—abs. ד׳ Gn 37:22 + 154 times; cstr. דַּם Gn 9:6 + 62 times; sf. דָּמִי 1 S 26:20 + 3 times; דָּֽמְךָ 2 S 1:16 (Qr; Kt דמיך) + 4 times; דָּמֵךְ Ez 16:22 + 3 times; דָּמוֹ Gn 9:4 + 30 times דָּמָהּ Lv 4:30(×2) + 11 times; דִּמְכֶם Gn 9:5; דָּמָם Lv 16:27 + 11 times; pl. דָּמִים Ex 4:25 + 35 times; cstr. דְּמֵי Gn 4:10 + 18 times; sf. דָּמֶיךָ 2 S 1:16 Kt (Qr דָּֽמְךָ); דָּמַיִךְ Ez 16:6(×3), 9; דָּמָיו Lv 20:9 + 3 times; דָּמֶיהָ Lv 12:7 + 2 times; דְּמֵיהֶם Lv 20:11 + 5 times;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from דמם (dâmam) (H1826) — to be silent.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
דָּם
- , constr. דַּם (b. h.; דום or דמם, cmp. דבב) liquid; blood; life. Men. 44ᵃ בדָמוֹ (not בדמה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) with the juice of the purple shell.—Sabb. 31ᵇ רביעית ד׳ וכ׳ one fourth of a Log of blood did I (the Lord) put in your body (the smallest quantity required to sustain life, v. Sot. 5ᵃ). Snh. 72ᵇ (ref. to Gen. IX, 6) הצל דָּמוֹ וכ׳ save the life of the one (who is pursued) at the expense of the life of the other (the pursuer).—דַּם ברית = ד׳ של מילה the blood lost at circumcision. Tosef. Sabb. XV (XVI), 9 צריך להטיף … ד׳ ב׳ he must cause the blood of the covenant to flow from him (even if born without preputium). Ib. 8; a. fr.—Pes. 16ᵇ ד׳ שהנפש וכ׳ the blood with which life escapes when cutting the animal’s throat is called a fluid (with regard to levitical purity, v. כָּשַׁר); a. v. fr.—Pl. דָּמִים. Keth. 9ᵇ טענת ד׳ complaint of absence of the token of virginity.—שְׁפִיכוּת ד׳ (abbr. ש"ד) murder. Yoma 67ᵇ; a. fr.—Midd. III, 1, a. e. ד׳ העליונים blood sprinkled against the upper part of the altar, opp. ד׳ התחתונים.—Snh. VIII, 6, a. fr. (with ref. to Ex. XXII, 1) יש לו ד׳ his blood is revenged, אין לו ד׳ may be killed with impunity. Ib. 72ᵃ בד׳ קננהו he acquired possession of them by risking his life.—[דָּמִים equivalent, v. דָּמִים.) e.g. Genesis 9:6
דָּם ²
- 1. blood; life. Targ. O. Gen. IV, 10. Targ. ib. IX, 6; a. fr.—B. Bath. 58ᵇ בריש כל מרעין אנא ד׳ וכ׳ at the head of all diseases (chief cause of physical disorders) am I, the blood. Yoma 82ᵇ, a. e. מאי חזית דד׳ דידך וכ׳ what right hast thou to assume that thy blood is redder than thy neighbor’s (you have no right to commit murder even under compulsion). Kidd. 81ᵃ נשויתיה (שויתי) לָדָמָךְ וכ׳ I should have valued thy life two M’ah, i.e. I should not have spared thee; Pes. 112ᵇ Ms. M. (ed. סכנתיך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 200, a. note 3). Keth. 60ᵇ bot. על דמא דחמרא Ar. s. v. גרדן (ed. רמא) on the blood of an ass.—Pl. דְּמֶי. Targ. Gen. IV, 11; a. fr.—Gitt. 57ᵇ, v. דְּמֵי I.
- 2. congestion. Ab. Zar. 28ᵇ; Bets. 22ᵃ ד׳ דמעתא וכ׳ congestion of the eye, tears &c. Gitt. 68ᵇ לד׳ דרישא for congestion of the head (head-ache). [דְּמֵי equivalent, v. דָּמִין.] V. אִדְמָא.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 180 distinct written forms H1818 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 120 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1818, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 282 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 295 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:10
- Exodus 4:9
- Leviticus 1:5
- Numbers 18:17
- Deuteronomy 12:16
- Joshua 2:19
- Judges 9:24
- 1 Samuel 14:32
- 2 Samuel 1:16
- 1 Kings 2:5
- 2 Kings 3:22
- 1 Chronicles 11:19
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
