What does דָּם · נָקִי mean in the Bible?
דָּם · נָקִי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "innocent blood".
Hebrew · H1818, H5355
דַּם נְקִיִּם
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) · innocent
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דָּם H1818 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)
Pronunciation dām
Blood as life-force whose shedding marks covenant, atonement, and culpability before God throughout scripture
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נָקִי H5355 innocent
Pronunciation nāqiy
Denotes legal or moral innocence through freedom from guilt; often implies vindication before God or human judgment
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What does דַּם נְקִיִּם (dam neqiyyim) mean in the Bible?
דָּם · נָקִי is a Hebrew phrase meaning "innocent blood".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1818, H5355?
H1818, H5355 is connected to 404 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. innocent blood
Strong's H1818, H5355
Lexical occurrences 404 verses Source Gloss
innocent blood
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דַּם נְקִיִּם is built from these roots:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G184 LXX equivalent Greek
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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