Greek · G1632, G129 · unreviewed

ἐκχέαι αἷμα

To pour forth; figuratively, to bestow · blood

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ἐκχέω G1632 to pour forth; figuratively, to bestow

Pronunciation ekchéō

To pour out lavishly; spiritually, to bestow generously (especially divine gifts like Spirit and love)

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αἷμα G129 blood

Pronunciation haîma

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What does ἐκχέαι αἷμα (ekcheai haima) mean in the Bible?

ἐκχέω · αἷμα is a Greek word meaning "to pour forth; figuratively, to bestow".

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Meaning

to pour forth; figuratively, to bestow

Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses

Aorist Present Future Perfect Imperfect

Voices

Active Passive

Indicative states a fact or reality 20×

Aorist Active John 2:15 · Acts 2:33 · Titus 3:6 · Rev 16:2 · Rev 16:3 · Rev 16:4 · Rev 16:8 · Rev 16:10 · Rev 16:12 · Rev 16:17 · Rev 16:6 11×

Future Active Acts 2:17 · Acts 2:18 2×

Perfect Passive Acts 10:45 · Rom 5:5 2×

Aorist Passive Acts 1:18 · Jude 1:11 2×

Present Passive Matt 9:17 1×

Future Passive Luke 5:37 1×

Imperfect Passive Acts 22:20 1×

Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 5×

Present Passive Matt 23:35 · Matt 26:28 · Mark 14:24 · Luke 22:20 4×

Perfect Passive Luke 11:50 1×

Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×

Aorist Active Rom 3:15 1×

Imperative command or strong request 1×

Present Active Rev 16:1 1×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 27 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 13 ongoing 1 prospective 3 resultant 2 imperative 1 background 1 infinitive 1 participle 5

Tense

aorist 14 present 6 future 3 perfect 3 imperfect 1

Voice

active 15 passive 12

Mood

indicative 20 participle 5 imperative 1 infinitive 1

NT Occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 10 — God Opens the Gospel Door to the Gentiles Acts 18 — The Lord Strengthens the Mission in Corinth and Beyond Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship Luke 22 — The Passover Betrayal, the New Covenant Meal, and the Suffering Servant King Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 26 — The Betrayal, Passover, Gethsemane, Trial, and Denial of Jesus Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded Romans 3 — All Under Sin and the Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith in Christ Romans 5 — Peace with God, Rejoicing in Grace, and Life Through the One Man Jesus Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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