What does αἷμα · ὕδωρ mean in the Bible?
αἷμα · ὕδωρ is a Greek phrase meaning "blood and water".
Greek · G129, G5204
αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ
Blood · water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively
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αἷμα G129 blood
Pronunciation haîma
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ὕδωρ G5204 water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively
Pronunciation hýdōr
Water represents spiritual cleansing, divine truth, and life-giving grace in NT theological usage.
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What does αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ (haima kai hydōr) mean in the Bible?
αἷμα · ὕδωρ is a Greek phrase meaning "blood and water".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G129, G5204?
G129, G5204 is connected to 97 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. blood and water
Source Gloss
blood and water
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
αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ 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