What does αἷμα · τιμή mean in the Bible?
αἷμα · τιμή is a Greek phrase meaning "price of blood, payment associated with death".
Greek · G129, G5092
τιμὴ αἵματός
Blood · honor
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αἷμα G129 blood
Pronunciation haîma
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τιμή G5092 honor
Pronunciation timḗ
Price paid for something or esteem shown to someone; the basis for valuing worth.
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What does τιμὴ αἵματός (timē haimatos) mean in the Bible?
αἷμα · τιμή is a Greek phrase meaning "price of blood, payment associated with death".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G129, G5092?
G129, G5092 is connected to 97 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. price of blood, payment associated with death
Source Gloss
price of blood, payment associated with death
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 97 Case pattern Genitive (34) Number pattern Singular (96)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 16:17 · Matt 23:35 · Matt 26:28 · Matt 27:25 · Mark 14:24 · Luke 11:50 · John 6:55 · John 19:34 · Acts 18:6 · Acts 22:20 · 1 Cor 15:50 · Heb 9:13 · Heb 9:14 · Heb 9:20 · Heb 13:11 · 1 John 1:7 23×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:35 · Matt 27:6 · Matt 27:8 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 5:25 · Mark 5:29 · Luke 8:43 · Luke 8:44 · Luke 11:51 · Luke 22:44 · Acts 1:19 · Acts 15:20 · Acts 15:29 · Acts 20:26 · Acts 20:28 · 1 Cor 10:16 33×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter John 1:13 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:30 · Luke 22:20 · Rom 3:25 · Rom 5:9 · 1 Cor 11:25 · Gal 1:16 · Eph 2:13 · Heb 9:21 · Heb 9:22 · Heb 9:25 · Heb 10:19 · Heb 12:24 · Heb 13:20 · 1 Pet 1:19 · 1 John 5:6 · Rev 1:5 20×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 27:4 · Luke 13:1 · John 6:53 · John 6:54 · John 6:56 · Acts 2:19 · Acts 2:20 · Acts 5:28 · Acts 21:25 · Rom 3:15 · Eph 6:12 · Heb 9:19 · Heb 10:4 · Heb 10:29 · Rev 6:10 · Rev 11:6 20×
Word Origins
τιμὴ αἵματός is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain