dam H1818

דָּם (dam) means “blood” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

דָּם Hebrew · H1818 360 tagged occurrences in 295 verses

Pronunciation guide: dawm Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1818

דָּם · dam · blood

1) blood 1a) of wine (fig.)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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

KJV glosses: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.

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How translators render H1818

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
blood	58
the blood	57
of blood	18
his blood	13
of bloodshed	11
their blood	10
its blood	9
in the blood	7
of the blood	7
some of the blood	7
bloodshed	6
with blood	6
it	5
some of its blood	5
to blood	5
with the blood	5
your blood	5
and blood	4
and the blood	4
for blood	3
in blood	3
the blood still in it	3
the rest of the blood	3
and bloodshed	2
because of your bloodshed	2
bloodguilt	2
from bloodshed	2
from her bleeding	2
is its blood	2
of her blood	2
with bloodshed	2
with their blood	2
ahabs blood	1
and as you lay there in your blood	1
and because of the blood	1
and her blood	1
and it	1
and its blood	1
and put their blood	1
and shed blood	1
and some of the blood	1
and the bloodshed	1
and their blood	1
and with its blood	1
any of the blood	1
as blood	1
as the blood	1
be guilty of bloodshed	1
because of the blood	1
blood still in it	1
by bloodguilt	1
by the blood	1
by this blood	1
concerning the blood	1
for his blood	1
for shedding the blood	1
for the bloodshed	1
for their blood	1
for their own blood	1
from bloodguilt	1
from men of bloodshed	1
from the blood	1
from the juice	1
guilty of bloodshed	1
her blood	1
her bloodshed	1
his blood will be	1
his bloodguilt	1
his bloodshed	1
if its blood	1
in his blood	1
in its blood	1
in my bloodshed	1
in your blood	1
in your own blood	1
in your vineyard	1
into the blood	1
is blood	1
is in the blood	1
is the blood	1
is this not the blood	1
it into the blood	1
it regards bloodshed	1
let my blood	1
may my blood	1
meat with the blood in it	1
murderous plots	1
my blood	1
of its blood	1
of your blood	1
of your bloodshed	1
on account of the blood	1
on their own blood	1
on which the blood	1
one act of bloodshed	1
or some other violation	1
shall be guilty of bloodshed	1
still in it	1
the blood she shed	1
the blood you have shed	1
the bloodshed	1
the bloodstains	1
the life	1
the remaining blood	1
there	1
there is guilt for his bloodshed	1
through bloodshed	1
to bloodshed	1
to death	1
you bloodthirsty	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
blood	60
the blood	48
of the blood	30
of blood	18
his blood	16
with the blood	12
and the blood	11
in the blood	11
their blood	9
with blood	9
and blood	8
of her blood	6
all the blood	5
for blood	5
in thy blood	5
but his blood	4
thy blood	4
into blood	3
to the bloody	3
with their blood	3
a bloody	2
and of the blood	2
and their blood	2
between blood	2
bloody	2
for the blood	2
from the blood	2
her blood	2
in blood	2
no blood	2
out the blood	2
the bloody	2
to blood	2
unto him the blood	2
against him for the blood	1
against the blood	1
and all the blood	1
and at thy blood	1
and by the blood	1
and her blood	1
and my blood	1
and there was blood	1
and with blood	1
any manner of blood	1
as blood	1
as for thee also by the blood	1
be blood	1
behold the blood	1
even blood	1
for her blood	1
from blood	1
from me therefore ye bloody	1
he shall not be guilty of blood	1
in my blood	1
in thine own blood	1
me from bloodguiltiness	1
me from bloody	1
no manner of blood	1
nor blood	1
not blood	1
not in the blood	1
not the blood	1
not thou my blood	1
now therefore let not my blood	1
of bloody	1
of his blood	1
person	1
shall become blood	1
shall his blood	1
shall their blood	1
surely a bloody	1
that they may become blood	1
the bloodthirsty	1
thee blood	1
thee unto blood	1
them in the blood	1
themselves with blood	1
there may be blood	1
therefore behold also his blood	1
therein but by the blood	1
this blood	1
thou bloody	1
till the blood	1
to the blood	1
unto him thy blood	1
upon it all the blood	1
upon it in blood	1
upon the blood	1
upon thee all the blood	1
upon them for the blood	1
whose blood	1
with bloody	1
with that blood	1
with their own blood	1
with thy blood	1
your blood	1

Verses containing H1818

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Numbers 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.
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Numbers 23:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
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Numbers 35:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
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Numbers 35:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
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Numbers 35:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
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Numbers 35:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
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Numbers 35:27 · BSB · 3 occurrences
and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,
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Numbers 35:33 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
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Deuteronomy 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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Deuteronomy 12:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
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Deuteronomy 12:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
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Deuteronomy 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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Deuteronomy 17:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
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Deuteronomy 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
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Deuteronomy 19:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
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Deuteronomy 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
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Deuteronomy 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
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Deuteronomy 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
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Deuteronomy 21:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.
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Deuteronomy 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
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Deuteronomy 27:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Deuteronomy 32:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
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Deuteronomy 32:42 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
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Deuteronomy 32:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
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Joshua 2:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
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Joshua 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
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Joshua 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
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Joshua 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
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Judges 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
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1 Samuel 14:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.
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1 Samuel 14:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
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1 Samuel 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
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1 Samuel 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
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1 Samuel 25:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
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1 Samuel 25:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”
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1 Samuel 25:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
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1 Samuel 26:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
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2 Samuel 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
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2 Samuel 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
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2 Samuel 3:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
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2 Samuel 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
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2 Samuel 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
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2 Samuel 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
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2 Samuel 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
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2 Samuel 16:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
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2 Samuel 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
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2 Samuel 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
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2 Samuel 23:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
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1 Kings 2:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
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